Helen joined the Litigation team in 2014, having completed her training with the firm. Helen has a broad range of experience in general commercial litigation, pensions disputes and financial services litigation.
She has experience in advising on a wide range of matters of both a contractual and tortious nature, including breach of contract, misrepresentation, debt recovery and professional negligence.
Helen regularly acts for a diverse client base including PLCs, SMEs and individuals. Helen also has experience of acting for pension trustees and representative beneficiaries in professional negligence claims and rectification proceedings.
Helen completed a secondment at Clearwater Corporate Finance, working with the deal origination team. Helen has also spent time in the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, Real Estate Practice Group and Litigation (Real Estate and Property Litigation) Practice Group.
Helen is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
Experience
- Advising a leading retail bank in relation to a variety of consumer disputes including a large number of claims for mis-selling of payment protection insurance and investment products.
- Acting for a leading retail bank in respect of a large number of Part 8 costs only claims.
- Facilitating enforcement action against individuals.
- Acting for a large specialty jeweler in respect of specific performance and breach of contract claims.
- Assisting in advising an individual in respect of a complex part 20 claim regarding the unlawful diversion of funds.
- Acting for a Residents Action Group in respect of a private nuisance claim.
Education
- BPP Law School, L.P.C., 2012
- College of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Law, 2011
- University of Birmingham, B.A., 2010
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2014
More Legal and Business Bylines From Helen Cain
- Husband and Wife Investment Advisors Banned from Working in Financial Services by the FCA for Lack of Integrity after Concealing their Assets - (Posted On Monday, October 30, 2017)
- FCA Refers Investment Consultancy And Fiduciary Management Services To The Competition Watchdog For Investigation - (Posted On Thursday, September 28, 2017)
- Update: CAT declines the grant of a collective proceedings order in Walter High Merricks CBE v MasterCard Incorporated and others [2017] CAT 16 - (Posted On Wednesday, September 13, 2017)
- Time is Running out for Firms to Respond to FCA Consultation on the Extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime - (Posted On Wednesday, August 16, 2017)
- Upper Tribunal Upholds Charles Palmer Ban And Fine - (Posted On Friday, August 11, 2017)
- UK Court of Appeal Finds Banks Had No Duty To Conduct FCA Ordered Review With Reasonable Skill And Care - (Posted On Thursday, July 27, 2017)
- Financial Guidance and Claims Bill – Tougher Regulation for Claims Management Companies - (Posted On Friday, July 21, 2017)
- Regulator Takes Action To Address Risky Lending Practices - (Posted On Friday, July 14, 2017)
- Retailers Consortium v MasterCard – An Update On Ongoing MIF Litigation - (Posted On Tuesday, June 20, 2017)
- UK Finance: Long Awaited Certainty on Cut-off for PPI Claims - (Posted On Wednesday, May 03, 2017)