Martyn is Head of the Commercial Litigation Department and a Partner at Fruhman Davies Livingstones. He is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
Martyn read law at Leeds University and after qualifying in 1987 he joined Pannone’s and was appointed a Partner in 1990. He joined Fruhman Davies Livingstones in 1992 as a Partner to head up the Commercial Litigation Department.
He has specialised in Commercial Litigation and Insolvency since qualifying as a solicitor and has acted for a diverse client base of corporate and commercial clients including private, public and international companies.
His experience covers the whole spectrum of Commercial Litigation including litigation in the Court of Appeal, House of Lords, Arbitration and Mediation Proceedings.
His client base includes many of the regions most financially successful entrepreneurs and he empathizes with the needs and demands required by corporate and commercial clients in todays business environment.
He specialises in providing commercial solutions to legal problems and he has a strong reputation for his Rottweiller approach to contested litigation.
His main reported cases are :
- John Reilly v Keith Fryer (1992) (Court of Appeal);
- Re Shoelace Limited : Power v Sharp Investments Limited (1993) Times Law Reports 3/6/93 : (1994) BCLC 111 : (1993) BCC 609 (Court of Appeal);
- J Barrie v J Barrie (Plant Hire) Limited (2001) EWCA Civ 614 (2001) (Court of Appeal);
- Rosling King (A Firm) v Rothschild Trust (2002) LTL 24/5/2002 ChD (Neuberger J) ;
- Russell & Another v Finn (2003) LTL 20/2/2003 (Court of Appeal)
- George Lavelle v Tracy Lavelle & Others LTL 11/2/2004 (Court of Appeal)
