Joanna Corbett-Simmons

Significant Experience

• Pursuing a claim of over £2 million for unlawful termination and breach of exclusivity through international arbitration and securing third party funding to enable the client to do so.
• Representing the Interim Manager of a religious charity appointed by the Charity Commission of England and Wales in a professional negligence claim against the auditor, valued in excess of £2 million.
• Recovering £1.9 million in Deferred Consideration through a contractual expert determination procedure and advising on various Completion Account disputes, one of which led to a subsequent professional negligence claim against the client’s financial advisors.
• Advising Zip World on a number of commercial disputes, including the recovery of c.£1m through the liquidation of a supplier as a result of a Charge obtained over the principal commercial property.
• Advancing and defending injunction applications at the Court of Appeal on behalf of a National Plc in enforcing restrictive covenants following a share sale.
• Pursuing a claim through to the Court of Appeal arising out of a post-completion dispute for breach of warranty and negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Dealing with a wide variety of disputes relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights (primarily trademarks, design rights and copyright). Regularly advising on both issuing and responding to cease and desist letters and requests for undertakings in relation to obligations of confidentiality and allegations of infringement.
• Advising Local Authorities and educational establishments in relation to Special Educational Needs or Additional Learning Needs appeals and disability discrimination claims.
• Leading a team on the procedural aspects of a multi-million-pound claim for declarations from the High Court of the rent to be paid for a significant redevelopment site which settled at mediation.
• Leading on procedural aspects of a claim between two NHS bodies for fraudulent misrepresentation worth £2million.
• Commercial Secondment to Philips Electronics (UK) Limited as in-house Counsel for the Healthtech division to include representing Philips at Consortium meetings relating to the revolutionary Staffordshire Cancer Care tender worth £1.2billion.
• Frequently dealing with disputes relating to breach of confidentiality and misuse of confidential information including long running proceedings on behalf of a NHS Local Health Board against a former employee threatening to disclose confidential patient information.
• Advancing and defending injunction applications on behalf of a Welsh local health board in High Court proceedings brought by a suspended employee in relation to the disciplinary procedure being followed.
• Successfully appealing a decision of the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales to the Court of Appeal on behalf of the Welsh Government and responding to the appeal to the Supreme Court which resulted in a leading decision on the Deprivation of Liberty.