Philippa Beveridge

She specialises in banking litigation, debt recovery and commercial litigation and appears at Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland.

She has been involved in several cross-jurisdictional projects on behalf of major financial institutions and has also worked in-house, offering a valuable perspective on litigation from a lenders viewpoint.

Jurisdiction: Scotland

• Defending PPI claims raised against Lloyds Banking Group entities in English courts. Involves; preparing defences, witness statements, disclosure documentation, instructing counsel, liaising with claimant law firms, and taking instruction from/reporting to clients.
• Secured debt-recovery: defended litigation before Sheriff Courts in Scotland regarding repossession of heritable property for a variety of lender clients. Involves; preparing defences, written submissions, liaising with clients and solicitors/party litigants, appearing at court hearings, liaising with clients.
• Project Saphire: remediation project, involved assessing and responding to complaints from RBS SME customers in relation to fees/charges and general conduct of its Global Restructuring Group.