Abigail Williams

Abigail joined TV Edwards’ Dispute Resolution Department in June 2024, having qualified as a solicitor in 2017. She has developed an extensive practice in commercial litigation, acting for a wide variety of clients including individual, corporate and international. Most notably, Abigail has acted for a foreign governmental department as well as a European region.

Abigail has particular expertise in contractual disputes, professional negligence and property disputes, as well as having a wealth of experience in cross-jurisdictional matters, particularly the enforcement of foreign judgments within England and Wales.

She is an avid negotiator and prides herself in providing honest and pragmatic advice to her clients from the outset of her instruction. Her hard-working approach is driven by her commitment to championing the rights of her clients and obtaining their most favourable resolution.

Abigail acts in a wide variety of matters from small scale residential possession claims up to multi-jurisdictional and complex business litigation.

Advises on the following areas of law:

• Commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, professional negligence, company disputes and debt recovery
• Insolvency
• Property litigation (both commercial and residential)
• Contentious probate
• Enforcement action
• Alternative dispute resolution.

Examples of caseload:

• Successfully acting for a commercial estate agent company in a 6-day trial against a former partner, including obtaining an order for indemnity costs
• Acting for the tourism arm of a foreign government, and subsequently obtaining a favourable settlement
• Acting for, and advising, an autonomous region of a European state in proceedings in England & Wales
• Acting for a biomedical engineering company in a £7m breach of contract claim against an American worldwide manufacturing company, including successful mediation
• Acting for the founder and main shareholder of a company in an employment and share valuation dispute
• Advising an agency worker for a world leading missile systems company, and voluntary disclosures surrounding the same.

Publications

“Will home working become the new normal?” was published by Financier Worldwide (December 2020)

Recommendations

Abigail who was an absolute pleasure to work with. She worked diligently and tenaciously with me and provided a list of suitable solutions to my queries and the tasks at hand. The deliverables were executed to the highest standards

Abigail’s thorough analysis and advice were a tremendous help to me when there seemed to be no option to resolve my employment matter. Not only was she able to provide all the answers I was looking for, her highly professional and enthusiastic demeanour motivated me to keep fighting for my rights relentlessly until the end. I am truly grateful for her service and recommend Abigail.”

I worked with Abigail on a settlement agreement claim and she was extremely efficient, responsive, helpful and understanding. I would absolutely recommend.

Abigail was very helpful with our case, protected our best interests and helped us reach our desired outcome. I would very much recommend her services.”