Partner
"Susie Dryden is rated by clients as "pragmatic,
tactical and thorough litigator" with "good commercial awareness"
(Legal
500, 2011)
"Susan Dryden is one of the top litigators in the
region. Sources say she is "a leading light and always puts up a
strong defence of her clients' interests." (Chambers
UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession
2011)
Susie joined the firm in 1987 and is a partner in the Litigation
and Dispute Resolution team at Southampton. For the past 20
years, she has accumulated a wide range of experience in commercial
litigation in a number of fields. As well as handling
commercial and professional negligence cases, she has litigated
disputes arising out of IT contracts, finance lease agreements,
software and services agreements, partnership agreements, agency
agreements and employment contracts. Her experience includes
obtaining injunctions (eg to freeze assets, to restrain
infringement of copyright, to prevent the tampering with evidence),
and obtaining evidence in England for use in proceedings in the US.
Susie has also successfully resolved a number of disputes at
mediation.
Susie is an Intervention Agent for the Solicitors Regulation
Authority and a founder member of the Assocation of Regulatory and
Disciplinary Lawyers. She is also a CEDR accredited
mediator. Susie was awarded an LLM in advanced litigation in
2000.
Out of work, Susie enjoys tennis.
