Jeremy Crook is a senior associate in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team.
Jeremy’s first degree is in photography. He then obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law and qualified as a Solicitor in 2010. Jeremy joined Stephens Scown in 2013 and has practiced in both employment and civil litigation. Jeremy now advises businesses, public bodies and individuals in relation to a wide range of commercial disputes. He is also able to advise on disputes that straddle both civil litigation and employment law.
Jeremy has experience in advising on:
- Professional negligence
- Breach of contract/contract termination
- Complex/high value debt matters
- Restraint of trade/breach of restrictive covenants
- Commercial fraud
- Insolvency
- Partnership disputes
- Director/Shareholder disputes
- Product liability
- Consumer disputes
- Judicial review
- Defamation/reputation management
- Enforcement of Judgments and Employment Tribunal awards
- Disputes involving Japanese Knotweed and other non-native invasive plant species
Jeremy is a member of the Cornwall Law Society.
Recent highlights include:
- Acting for a large dairy in a claim relating to the supply of contaminated product from one of its suppliers
- Acting for a shareholder in a complex multi-million pound unfair prejudice claim
- Acting for a company in relation to a claim against an employee for a multi-million pound theft
- Advising an American company in relation to the exit of one its UK based founder shareholders
- Advising an American company in relation to a potential dispute with a UK based distributor.
Outside of work Jeremy is a keen cyclist and also enjoys diving, paddle boarding, coastal walks, camping, cooking and spending time with his family.
