Tracy Lacey-Smith

EXPERTISE

With years experience of dispute resolution, I help organisations across a wide range of sectors including healthcare, education and not-for-profit.

I guide clients through commercial disputes using mediation, settlement negotiations or litigation if necessary. I have considerable expertise in enforcing restrictive covenants, shareholder and boardroom disputes. I also advise on complex contractual matters, professional negligence issues and insurance matters.

I also offer niche expertise in negligence claims against regulatory organisations, professionals and public bodies.

I regularly write articles on a range of matters for the media and the SA Law website – you can read some of them here.

KEY EXPERIENCE

• Successfully defended injunctive relief proceedings in light of alleged breaches of restrictive covenants and confidentiality. Damages sought in excess of £250,000.
• Advising a number of organisations in claims arising out of the Buncefield explosion.
• Broad-ranging contractual advice and assistance to clients in the healthcare sector, including NHS trusts.
• Enforcing personal guarantees and contracts against UK individuals and companies on behalf of US clients.
• Successfully pursuing breach of contract claims against insurers that sought to avoid cover.
• Successfully defending education establishments in claims pursued in accordance with the Equality Act.
• Experience in high value contract dispute arising out of termination of logistics contract with online retailer.
• Dealing with breach or supplier and breach of distributor agreements.
• Experience in commercial debt recovery.
• Dispute with Administrators regarding ownership of assets caught up in Administration process.
• Dispute arising out of the alleged poor workmanship of the refurbishment of multiple sites.
• Dispute arising out of a purchasers failed to collect stock and sellers right to dispose of it
• Represented a client in connection with investment schemes authorised by the FCA.
• Defended professional misconduct proceedings brought by HCPC in connection with allegations of breach of duty of care.
• Advised a medical regulator in connection with multiple professional misconduct proceedings arising out of allegations of financial misconduct and fraud.
• Defended a doctor in proceedings brought by the GMC arising out of allegations of negligence.
• Defending Judicial Review proceedings brought by a registrant challenging sanction to strike off.

IN GENERAL

• Qualified as a solicitor in 2002
• Trustee for The Living Room