Experience
Ritchie has over 25 years' experience of acting for most of the major retail banks and finance houses. Ritchie manages the Complex Finance Litigation Team out of Manchester. He is an expert in Asset Finance Litigation, Fraud and mis selling actions. He is most recognised for his litigation experience, acting in high profile cases, involving high value assets (real estate, aircraft, vehicle fleet/stocking; and equipment), banking and asset finance fraud; financial product mis-selling.
He has experience of multi-jurisdictional disputes, High Court injunctions and commercial insolvency. Ritchie advises clients at board level with regard to risk management and the detection, prevention and recovery of fraud related losses; the strategic handling of mis selling waves, systems, procedures and PR risk. He has a number of reported cases in the Court of Appeal.
In the last few years, Ritchie has overseen and advised clients upon various mis selling waves, including; SWAPs; Pay Day Lending and motor finance commission claims. More recently, Ritchie has been involved in large breach of confidentiality claims and claims involving CiFAS registration markers against individuals involved in fraud.
Testimonials
Ritchie is praised for his ‘strong technical skills’… he earns praise for his experience on large-scale mandates, including financial product mis-selling claims, fraud investigation, and strategic risk mitigation advice. - Legal 500