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Jack Hobbs

Associate

Jack Hobbs

Associate

Jack advises on all types of corporate and commercial disputes including shareholder disputes, fraud claims, product liability, insolvency, arbitration, and public procurement.

Jack acts for a wide range of corporate client across multiple sectors, including automotive, insurance, technology and construction. Jack also acts for individuals in their capacities as shareholders and/or directors in business disputes.

Many of Jack’s cases have an international dimension or multi-jurisdictional element. Jack’s experience includes both conducting litigation against litigants based outside the jurisdiction and enforcing judgments overseas.

Expertise

  • Commercial Disputes: experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation including shareholder/partnership dispute, commercial contracts and fraud claims.
  • Contentious Insolvency: Jack has experience in acting in a wide range of contentious insolvency matters including petitions, applications to strike out petitions and/or restrain presentation or advertisement of petitions, validation orders and claims for misfeasance.
  • Defamation: Advises and assists individuals in various elements of defamation claims. Often as part of wider multi-faceted commercial disputes.

Read, listen and watch our latest insights

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  • 27 February 2026
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

How (not!) to serve a winding up petition on a company using a default address

This case concerned an appeal by DG Resources Ltd (“DG”) on the basis that a winding up petition brought by HMRC (the “Petition”) was invalidly served.

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  • 28 January 2026
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Looking ahead to Dispute Resolution in 2026

2026 is shaping up to be a busy year with a number of important changes due to be implemented by new legislation.

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  • 11 November 2025
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Renters’ Rights Act

We have been closely monitoring the progress of the Renter’s Rights Bill whilst it has been going through Parliament given the major reforms it proposed to the residential rental market in England.

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  • 06 August 2025
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Product liability reform: New Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025

The law on product safety is set to undergo reform as the new Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 was passed in July.

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  • 10 February 2025
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

We are living in a material world, but am I a material breach?

In this article we will be looking at the meaning of these different types of breach.

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  • 13 January 2025
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Looking ahead to Dispute Resolution in 2025

2025 is shaping up to be a busy year with  a number of important changes due to be implemented by new legislation. In this article we take a look at a few of the changes affecting litigation and Dispute Resolution.