Alex Douty Senior Associate

Senior Associate

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Alex advises on a range of fraud and investigations, construction, real estate, general commercial and international disputes.

He has worked on a range of litigation and adjudication claims, and also advises in relation to mediation and other forms of dispute resolution.

His work is cross-border and has involved parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. He has experience in high-profile group litigation and fraud disputes.

Alex is a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association, the Society for Construction Lawyers, and the Property Litigation Association.

Expertise

Recent work

Group claim in the High Court

Advising eight major construction contractors in relation to a group claim in the High Court concerning data protection, privacy, conspiracy and defamation claims in the construction industry, as well as in ancillary Part 20 proceedings.

Worldwide freezing order and jurisdictional challenge

Advising a private individual in relation to a worldwide freezing order and jurisdictional challenge.

An employer

Advising an employer in relation to an adjudication in respect of delay and payment claims.

PFI subcontractor

Advising a PFI subcontractor in relation to adjudications in respect of delay and payment claims.

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In depth

Whose affair is it anyway?

James Popperwell, Alex Douty 19 Jan 2022

In Primekings Holding Ltd and others v Anthony King and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1943, the English Court of Appeal struck out parts of the petitioners’ statement of case in an unfair...

How to plead fraud claims – and how not to

James Popperwell, Alex Douty 17 Jun 2021

In the recent case of King and ors v Stiefel and ors [2021] EWHC 1045 (Comm), the court struck out a claim alleging unlawful means conspiracy.