Peter Livingstone

Director and Battens Chairman Peter Livingstone leads the Dispute Resolution team. He is a renowned and accomplished expert in this field, bringing 30 years’ experience and a wealth of tactical judgement which benefits the whole Dispute Resolution team and its clients.

Peter has conducted dispute resolution cases to a consistently high standard throughout his career, excelling at complex cases which require clear and strategic thinking as well as an organised mind with a forensic eye for detail. He has acted for clients in relation to complicated and varied challenges, amassing an enormous wealth of knowledge and experience.

He regularly carries out dispute resolution of the highest quality, for example, he recently completed a £20 million case for a group of the firm’s clients.

He has represented clients of all sizes, from web-based businesses and companies whose family members have been in dispute with each other, to national supermarket chains, a Premiership rugby club, a company purchasing a complete farm of wind turbines, and a bank which was purchased by Virgin Money.

He also conducts clinical negligence claims. He led a team which handled an action on behalf of over 2,000 clients in a group litigation claim against a number of hospitals and other medical defendants arising from their breaches of duty.

After qualifying as a solicitor in 1988, he worked initially for Clarke Willmott where he for several years headed a litigation department of nearly 100 staff and sat on the firm’s management board. Peter joined Battens in 2009 as a director, becoming head of the Litigation and Commerce Division. In 2021 he became its Chairman.