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Peter Hawkes - Senior Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution

Peter Hawkes
Location: Canterbury and Thames Gateway - Chatham office
Tel:
  • Canterbury 01227 763939
  • Thames Gateway - Chatham 01634 828277
Email: Peter Hawkes

Areas of Specialism

Commercial disputes resolution including contracts, competition, construction, intellectual property and employment. Regularly appears as an advocate in tribunals and arbitrations.

Career

Peter Hawkes qualified in 1981 and has practised exclusively in commercial work, principally dispute resolution. Peter was elected Senior Partner in 2001 and in addition to his partnership role, he heads a separate team specialising in dispute resolution.

Peter Hawkes is a highly experienced arbitrator and litigator and practices across a wide range of commercial subjects, including property and construction. Peter’s portfolio of clients range from national and international companies to smaller entrepreneurial enterprises. Many operate in the construction, manufacturing and service sectors. Peter acts for a number of educational institutions in the schools, colleges and higher education sectors. He appears in courts at various levels, in arbitrations and in the Employment Tribunal as well as regularly presenting seminars.

Peter Hawkes has strong local business links; he is a Director of Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce and Canterbury's "C4B" business/public sector partnership.

Peter Hawkes is recommended for commercial litigation work by The Legal 500.

Peter Hawkes works from our Canterbury and Chatham offices.

Memberships

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Member of the Competition Law Association.
Member of the Society for Computers and Law.

Testimonials

Peter Hawkes of Furley Page LLP enters these pages in recognition of his impressive reputation as head of the firm’s dispute resolution team. He excels at “explaining complex issues in layman’s terms” and projecting an aura of authority that is “no-nonsense but never unnecessarily confrontational.” 

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