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
- UK Supreme Court Confirms London Whale Notices Did Not Identify Achilles Macris - (Posted On Wednesday, April 05, 2017)
- UK Supreme Court to Decide if London Whale Notices identified Achilles Macris - (Posted On Tuesday, November 01, 2016)
- UK Court Summary Judgment for Bank in Pub Swaps Case: Marsden v. Barclays Bank Plc - (Posted On Wednesday, October 12, 2016)
- MasterCard faces one of the UK’s first class-action lawsuits - (Posted On Tuesday, September 20, 2016)
- End in Sight for PPI Claims? UK's Financial Conduct Authority Updates on Cut-Off Deadline - (Posted On Monday, August 22, 2016)
- Future of Market Rigging Investigations in the UK? - (Posted On Wednesday, August 17, 2016)
- UK's Upper Tribunal Refuses to Stay Regulatory Proceedings Pending Criminal Trial - (Posted On Tuesday, July 26, 2016)
- UK High Court Backs Bank on Whether Hedging is Gambling - (Posted On Friday, July 08, 2016)
- UK Financial Conduct Authority: Shift Towards a Payment Protection Insurance Cut Off Deadline Reported - (Posted On Friday, June 24, 2016)
- Balance of Power Check for Role of UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Executive - (Posted On Wednesday, May 18, 2016)