Libby has over 13 years of experience as she studied for her legal qualifications part time whilst working as a legal advisor for a large multinational law firm. Libby qualified as a Solicitor in 2012 and after working for a large national litigation firm she joined Backhouse Jones in 2015 as a member of the Dispute Resolution team, and specialises in Commercial Litigation.
Libby advises on transport specific commercial disputes ranging from public law disputes, concessionary reimbursement, challenging awards on public contracts, clandestine entrants and Border Force issues to sales of goods, debt recovery, disputes with insurers due to refusal to indemnify, HM Revenue & Customs disputes, professional negligence claims and high value recoveries.
More recently Libby was involved in a Judicial Review of the decision to close Deansgate in Manchester to all traffic which resulted in the road being reopened to PSV’s and has also been success in the appeal of concessionary schemes to the Department for Transport.
Libby is recognised as a key lawyer at the firm in the Legal 500.
Outside of work Libby enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter and enjoys both cooking and eating good food which she counteracts with the odd run!