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Happy Retirement, Andrew Henderson!
Friday marked the retirement of Andrew Henderson, a partner in our Asset Based Lending litigation team, who has been with Bermans for 39 years – one hell of a shift!
Freya Wright
Freya joined Bermans in March 2024 and is a Solicitor in our Property team in Manchester.
Currently, Freya primarily works in residential property and deals with:
- Purchases
- Sales
- Remortgages
- Transfers of equity
- First registrations
- Assents
She obtained a first class law degree before going on to achieving a diploma in the Legal Practice Course. She also attained her SQE Qualification in February 2024.
Outside of work, Freya enjoys netball, travelling and dining out.
Contact Freya:
E: freya.wright@bermans.co.uk
T:0161 383 2132
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Sean Quinn
Solicitor
Sean joined Bermans in September 2023 as a Trainee and having qualified in March 2025 is now a Solicitor working in our ABL team.
He works with a broad range of lenders assisting them with general corporate finance, invoice finance and asset-based lending matters.
He has a First-Class Honours Law Degree, as well as a distinction in The Legal Practice course. He also received the Liverpool Law Society Rupert Bremner Prize in recognition of his LPC grades.
Sean is a former national swimmer; however, he now just swims recreationally. He also enjoys playing football, as well as watching his team, Everton.
Contact Sean:
E: sean.quinn@bermans.co.uk
T: 0151 224 0532
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Alex Fryer
Paralegal
Alex joined Bermans in March 2024 and is a paralegal in our ABL team in Manchester.
He assists in asset finance and invoice finance work for a broad range of lenders and has prior experience in both pro-bono work and the inquest sector of the Law.
Alex studied Law at Liverpool John Moores University where he obtained a 2:1 Classification in 2023. He also intends to begin his SQE studies by the close of 2024.
In his spare time, Alex enjoys a variety of activities. As well as being an avid golfer, Alex is also passionate about both playing and watching football. Alex also enjoys travelling, whether it be a beach holiday or exploring new cities abroad.
Contact Alex:
E: alex.fryer@bermans.co.uk
T: 0161 393 7116
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New Vacancy: Legal Secretary
We are looking for a full time legal secretary based in our Liverpool office, who will be responsible for the completion of various dictations and secretarial tasks.
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About Jason McKnight
Jason McKnight
Jason McKnight is a partner and director of RECOM Solutions, a construction and project management business based in Salford Quays which operates across the north west and beyond.
Continue ReadingRegulation and Business Customers
With the new Consumer Duty coming into force it was something of a surprise to many (including us) that the FCA’s revised rules appeared to in effect extend beyond the usual definition of a “retail customer” as “an individual who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business or profession,” so that for the Consumer Duty regulation by the FCA will also now extend to any customer in a regulated activity, in other words encompassing sole traders and partnerships of 2 or 3 who are business customers in a CCA regulated agreement.
Continue ReadingTest for Mitigation of Loss by Lessor
In the recent High Court case of Praetura Asset Finance Ltd v S Line Rentals [2023] EWHC 889 (Comm) the court considered the nature and extent of a Lessor’s common law obligation to mitigate its loss when claiming in relation to a repossessed asset.
Continue ReadingUnsuccessful Lessor not entitled to contractual litigation costs
Lease Agreements will normally always contain express provisions for Lessors to recover costs incurred against the Lessee in a wide variety of circumstances, and a recent case in the Commercial Court gave rise to a novel argument by a Lessor seeking to invoke the right to claim costs under a contractual provision in a situation where the court had exercised its discretion to disallow some of the costs it had incurred and to award some of the Lessee’s costs against it.
Continue ReadingLessor’s Exclusion Clause Upheld
A recent case in the Commercial Court has provided a welcome and rare illustration of a court ruling in favour of the reasonableness of a Lessor’s exclusion clause in a Hire Purchase Agreement.
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