Emma Marshall

Experience

Emma is a Principal Associate in our Commercial Dispute Resolution team. She is experienced in advising and representing clients in both the public and private sectors in a wide range of disputes. In recent years, her work has focused on advising local government bodies and she has developed a specialism for dealing with supply chain and IT disputes.

Expertise

Emma advises and represents clients from the early contract management stage of a dispute right through to trial. She has substantial experience of ADR, in particular mediation.

Admitted as a Solicitor

2014

Notable Projects

• Represented a District Council at mediation in a £3.8 million claim brought by a LEP for the clawback of grant funds following the abandonment of a major transport scheme.
• Represented a City Council in a dispute arising out of a business critical and multi-million pound IT contract.
• Represented a City Council in a circa £2 million claim relating to a district heating scheme.
• Advised a District Council in a dispute arising from a long-term and high-value waste contract concerning service failures.
• Represented a manufacturer of corporate clothing in a number of supply chain disputes concerning the provision of unfit for purpose PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Represented a care home client in an expert determination relating to a dispute arising from a collaboration agreement. 
• Defended an NHS CCG in a circa £1.5 million claim for restitution/unjust enrichment. 
• Represented a distributor of adhesives in a complex, multi-party, multi-jurisdictional supply chain dispute concerning defective joinery adhesive, including representing the client at the 18-day trial.

Qualifications

LLB (Hons) Law with American Law, University of East Anglia, 2009