Partner
Department: Commercial Litigation / Dispute Resolution
KBL Solicitors Bolton
Michael heads up KBL’s Commercial Litigation/Dispute Resolution team. He is an experienced commercial litigator with unrivalled expertise in the professional negligence arena. Michael advises on all aspects of complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on the banking and financial services industry. Other specialisms include: partnership / shareholder / contractual disputes, insolvency, property litigation, contracts, and debt recovery. With over 20 years PQE, Michael has a reputation for combining his technically excellent advice with a pragmatic and commercial approach in this highly specialised area of law.
“Michael is tactically astute” “Commercially orientated and a client focused service” The Legal 500
“The partner in charge of my case Michael Slater was both approachable, available and very professional” The Legal 500
Career:
Trained Denton Wilde Sapte; qualified 1995; Associate KBL 2001; Partner 2003.
Member:
Bolton Law Society.
My 'claim to fame' / something no-one knows about me (until now):
First person to have an appeal in the Court of Appeal after the introduction of the Woolf Reforms.
Most likely to say:
There are many and all, I am afraid, 'cheesy', such as “apple pie order”, “at the end of the day”, “when push comes to shove” and some others not so mentionable!
I'm a big supporter of:
Live music generally - I play and raise money for charity whenever possible.
