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Matthew Freeman

Commercial Litigation Team

Solicitor

01722 426995

matthew.freeman@trethowans.com

Matthew is a Solicitor in the Commercial Litigation Department and also assists the Personal Injury Team with Defendant based work.  Matthew trained with the firm, having joined in August 2006, and started his training contract with Trethowans in November 2006. He qualified as a Solicitor in November 2008.

Throughout his career at Trethowans Matthew has spent time working in Farms and Estates, Corporate, Personal Injury, Family and Commercial Litigation under the supervision of senior solicitors and partners.  He qualified into the Commercial Litigation Team but continues to assist senior fee earners on Personal Injury Defendant work.

Matthew's work in the Litigation Team covers contract disputes, wills and estates base disputes, insolvency issues and accident loss claims.  Matthew also deals with co-habitation, landlord and tenant and other property disputes having gained a large amount of experience in these areas following his time in the Farms and Estates and Family Teams.

EXAMPLES OF HOW MATTHEW HAS HELPED CLIENTS INCLUDE:

• Matthew assisted a client recover a large sum of money due under the terms of a contract. The client had waited more than 10 years to receive the money and following the resolution of the case the client expressed how she was "grateful for your wise counsel".
• Matthew acts for a large pension fund provider and assists them in recovering rental arrears due from tenants of investment properties.
• Matthew has assisted numerous clients in defending claims for personal injury. Matthew has successfully defended a number of claims at trial and a number of clients have thanked him for his time and diligence. One client commented "Can I first thoroughly thank you for all your support over the crash I was involved with! I have been extremely stressed since the crash and grateful for your support! "

AWAY FROM THE OFFICE ...

Matthew is a keen sportsman and is heavily involved in football, cricket and ice hockey. He has recently joined Millbrook RFC and runs the Southampton Commoners touch rugby side.

Outside of sport Matthew enjoys reading and is currently (struggling) to learn how to play the guitar.

SPECIALIST AREAS

Contract Disputes
Property Disputes
Accident Loss Recovery
Contentious Wills & Probate