Rachel McCulloch

Rachel McCulloch

Associate

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team

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Rachel McCulloch is an Associate in Acuity’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team.

She focuses on commercial disputes across a range of industries, encompassing contractual disputes, director and shareholder disputes, commercial debt recovery and professional negligence. She also handles dispute resolution, including negotiations and mediation.

Rachel has experience at the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court.

 

Expertise
  • Commercial contractual disputes
  • Director and shareholder disputes
  • Partnership disputes
  • Commercial debt recovery
  • Defamation, privacy and reputational management
  • Professional negligence
  • Alternative dispute resolution

Work Highlights

Advising Red and Yellow Limited and R&Y NL Limited on a claim arising from a joint venture agreement in relation to the development of quality extra care accommodation.
Acting for a group of 26 claimants in a high-value financial services dispute concerning unregulated collective investment schemes.
Acting on a multi-million pound contractual dispute arising from a terminated services agreement, pursuing recovery of unpaid invoices for contractual charges.
Advising international clients in the aviation sector in relation to disputes involving aircraft purchase agreements and engine lease agreements.
Acting for a shareholder seeking damages, declarations and orders concerning breaches of a Shareholders Agreement relating to an independent hospital.
Advising directors of a technology consultancy in a dispute over deferred consideration under a share purchase agreement, where eligibility conditions for payment were contested.
Acting for a recruitment firm pursuing an introduction fee. Litigating contested questions of contractual construction, including effective cause and implied term arguments.
Acting for a shareholder seeking a rare solvent exit from an administration, including filing an urgent application to restrain the administrators from selling the company’s property/business pending agreement.
Advising a software group on an ongoing basis, including on rights to suspend services for non-payment, customer insolvency, and on the enforceability of terms.

Accolades

The Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team is ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500

Legal 500


The Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team ranked Band 2 by Chambers and Partners

Chambers and Partners