Neil Carslaw
Managing Senior Associate
Neil is a litigator who specialises in defending large complex group actions. Neil is qualified in England, Wales and Scotland.
Neil has acted on some of the most high-profile and high value cases before UK Courts and has particular experience in defending group litigation on complex claims involving wide ranging expert evidence.
Alongside Neil’s broad litigation experience, he spent several years working in Pinsent Masons’ Global Investigations Team on criminal enquiries concerning fraud, bribery, money laundering, sanctions, and other compliance issues.
Neil 's experience
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Advised an award-winning global airline on proceedings against Airbus before the Technology & Construction Court in London regarding the A350 surface degradation and grounding of A350 Aircraft. The parties reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in this legal dispute.
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Advised a European Government Agency on a £1.5 billion claim arising out of withholding tax claims for alleged trading in shares over their dividend dates. The claims in fraud and negligence were made against 80 defendants and the case will result in a 12 month trial in 2023.
- £1.5bn
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Advised and supported a manufacturing client through an investigation involving Environmental Health, HSE, Police Scotland and the NHS on a legionella outbreak where the client’s site was considered a potential source of the outbreak. This included working with the client in the immediate incident response, throughout the HSE investigation, and subsequent court proceedings.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Acting for a global manufacturing company in relation to a large number of claims and proceedings seeking damages for alleged environmental impacts arising from the client's product manufacturing operations. The claims have industry wide implications, and the defence involves significant involvement of scientific expert evidence in an area of developing and evolving scientific knowledge and analysis over the lifetime of these claims.
- £500m
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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