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Ian has been advising business clients, from sole traders to multi-national enterprises, in relation to commercial disputes for over 30 years.

He is very experienced in the use of mediation as a means of resolution, and of an early cards-on-the-table approach in appropriate circumstances, being very aware that for the majority of businesses a dispute is a disruption to and distraction from its core objectives.

Ian’s direct, no-nonsense approach often helps achieve an early resolution, usually without the need for litigation, but he uses his extensive experience before the courts to secure and protect his client’s rights whenever necessary.

He bases his work on a thorough understanding of the client’s business and priorities, calling on his experience as a businessman himself, having been principal of his own specialist litigation law firm for 14 years, and having had a period acting as CEO for a £25m turnover commercial enterprise.

Ian is wholly committed to getting the best possible outcome for his client, utilising the perseverance and hard work ethic developed not just as a lawyer but as a double-Olympian and Commonwealth medalist.

Experience

Ian’s wide-ranging litigation experience has included obtaining and defending worldwide freezing orders and other injunctions, pursuing and defending multi-million pound claims for breach of contract and for fraud, claims for damages for professional negligence.

He has advised on and resolved many types of internal business disputes, including director misconduct, boardroom deadlock, shareholder and partnership disputes

Ian recently completed four years’ successful work on the Hillsborough Inquests, representing one of the key parties involved in the longest-running – and most complex – inquests in British legal history, involving over 1 million pages of documents and over 100 lawyers.

Expertise: Sectors

Businesses

Expertise: Services

Businesses

Private Individuals

Public & Third Sector

What people say

  • My main point of contact is Ian McCombie. I think he has very sound legal judgment and commercial nous. I think he gives clients confidence that he understands their cases fully and can hatch an intelligent strategy to see the case through to the end.

    Legal 500

  • Ian McCombie – able, engaging and tireless.

    Legal 500

  • Ian McCombie and Harmajinder Hayre – very personable service. Their immediate availability at short notice and attending to projects, even during the weekend, is commendable!

    Legal 500, Client quote

  • Ian McCombie is tenacious and protective and always provides a potentially positive solution or outcome, no matter the circumstances. He is also quick to respond and turns around drafting very promptly.

    Legal 500, Client quote

  • You are an experienced and well respected lawyer.

    Client quote

  • An experienced and well-respected lawyer.

    Partner, Isadore Goldman, Solicitors

  • Thank you for all your efforts on the case, I’m truly humbled by your dogged determination and belief. And all said and done, whilst it wasn’t a huge sum, it was still very much worth it so thank you.

    Client quote

  • Clients recommend the 'unflappable' Ian McCombie

    Legal 500

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