Our Team
Peter Rees
Peter is a legal expert with over 40 years experience. A company law specialist, each matter receives his personal attention so that you can have confidence in the advice that you receive.
A prize winner at Law School and the first solicitor to qualify as an Insolvency Practitioner through the JIEB route, Peter spent nearly nearly 30 years working in City law firms. During his time in the City, Peter acted as the adviser to Lord David Hunt, the then opposition leader in the House of Lords on the passage of the Enterprise Bill (later then Enterprise Act) 2002. The particular points of concern and debate were the priority of statutory objectives which, at the time, was felt to fetter secured lenders’ recovery options with possible consequential impacts on future lending policy. The procedure for appointing an administrator was also of concern as if they did not respond sufficiently quickly, secured lenders would lose their right of appointment.
Peter Set up his own practice, Isca Legal in 2008. By having his own practice, Peter is able to take a much more flexible approach to the benefit of his clients.
Reported cases :
Factortame Limited - status and priority of post-liquidation debts.
Inside Sport Limited - validity of proxy voting in insolvency cases.
Celtic Bioenergy Limited v Knowles Limited - limitations on the scope of challenge of arbitral awards under s.68/69 Arbitration Act 1996.
Foenander v Bond & Lewis Co [2001] EWCA Civ 759 - vexatious litigation.
Philippa Taylor-Dickson
Philippa graduated with a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology from University of Durham in 2008 and after spending nearly ten years working in the festival and events industry, turned back to the world of law that she grew up surrounded by. She has experience of working in the Middle East and with clients from across all industries, from finance and professional services to luxury brands and media companies.
Philippa passed the PGDL with distinction in 2021 before studying for the LLM incorporating the SQE at the University of Law in 2021/22. She passed both the inaugural SQE1 and SQE2 assessments and was in the first quintile for both. She also achieved distinctions across the board in her chosen LLM key practice areas of Advanced Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Advanced Real Estate and Employment. She completed a placement in the London office of an American law firm in 2022 before returning to the family practice.
She has a particular interest in solvent and insolvent M&A as well as corporate structures and Companies Act compliance. She has recently been drafting statutory instruments in the form of a Transport & Works Act Order for submission to the Welsh Office and has also taken on a number of contentious probate matters, providing guidance and reassurance to executors.