Christine Oxenburgh

Expertise

Christine is recognised as a heavy weight Dispute Resolution lawyer. She is the litigation lawyer who does not like going to court. Her objective is to use every rule in the book (and she has) to get a result for her clients within an agreed budget and timescale that will enable people in business to continue to run their companies without the distraction of a law suit. With a background in England and Hong Kong with National and City of London law firms, she brings invaluable experience and insight into every case however big or small.

Christine Advises

Christine advises a wide range of businesses on:

• Shareholder and Partnership issues;
• Director issues;
• Real Estate disputes;
• Deals that go wrong (such as breach of warranty claims) and;
• Professional Negligence against Accountants, Surveyors, Insolvency Practitioners and Lawyers.

Experience Highlights

• The resolution of a tense £multi-million dispute over a solar power station;
• The appointment of interim liquidators on the application of a contingent creditor in circumstances where two barristers had said the objective could not be achieved;
• One of the highest value claims in Manchester, against the manufacturer of a highly technical product used in property development, at trial and then in the Court of Appeal;
• Resolving a dispute between partners in a law firm to reach the client’s goal in such a way that only the client knew Christine was advising. This meant that her client avoided adverse publicity and enabled the partnership to continue to function throughout the dispute.
• Claim for damages and an injunction for infringement of a right of way.
• Getting orders for possession against trespassers including of land containing hazardous waste.
• Defending a claim arising from a fire.
• A complex application by a third party for disclosure of documents that went before a judge in a case brought by National Crime Agency.
• Making an opposing applications to set aside statutory demands.
• A claim for an order to transfer the title of a Spanish property pursuant to an agreement made in 1984. There was substantial value to the client who had not enforced his rights for a long period of time.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Freeths LLP
• Stephenson Harwood
• Herbert Smith

Education

• WSET Level 3
• University of Sheffield LLB 

Awards

• Downtown in Business Woman Lawyer of the Year 2014

Publications and Training

• Streetwise
• Christine runs a training course for directors to enable them to achieve their objectives while ensuring good Corporate Governance