Legal Director
Hugh joined TLT in 2011 and specialises in banking and financial services litigation, acting on behalf of major banking and financial institutions.
He is experienced in advising on a wide range of complex and reputationally sensitive matters involving high profile and high value disputes (commercial and retail).
He has developed a particular specialism in defending contentious regulatory and professional negligence actions based on mis-selling of a wide range of complex investment products, including investments, pensions, mortgages, insurance products and fixed rate loans.
Hugh also advises banks and financial institutions in connection with issues pertaining to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Consumer Credit Act 1974. He regularly acts in complex defended recoveries and litigation involving bank security, financial crime, contractual disputes, and disputes arising from individual and corporate insolvency.
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Experience
Related sectors
Financial Services
Related services
Regulatory
Dispute Resolution
Mediation and arbitration
Professional negligence
Insights & events
FCA draws the fair value line: what three years of Consumer Duty supervision tells us about what good looks like – and what still needs to fix
SM&CR overhaul: the most significant reforms since the regime began
FCA publishes AI good practice guide – what regulated firms must do now
FCA consults on how regulated firms should manage DeFi risks
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Agentic AI in the justice system: getting the foundations right
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Force majeure: Conflicts, storms, battery fires - what businesses need to know
FCA AML supervision reform: what law firms, accountants and TCSPs need to do now
FCA Pure Protection Market Study: what firms need to know
FCA Pure Protection Market Study: Fair value findings - what firms need to do
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Ainslie Benzie named Finance Rising Star of the Year at The Legal 500 Scotland Awards
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