Elizabeth Houghton

Call: 2014 (2011 Western Australia)

Elizabeth acts in a wide-range of professional liability matters, including claims against solicitors, auditors and other professionals.

Recent cases include:

Advising a claimant in a claim against their former solicitors relating to a property fraud.
Acting for a claimant in relation to the negligent drafting of a will under which they were a beneficiary.
Acting for the Financial Reporting Council, led by Javan Herberg QC and Nicholas Medcroft, in disciplinary proceedings for misconduct against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and a senior audit partner relating to the former Connaught group: Executive Counsel to the FRC v PwC and Harrison.

Clerk Details

Andrew Barnes +44 (0)20 7304 2864
+44 (0)7834 432 428
abarnes@wilberforce.co.uk

Ben Rippengale +44 (0)20 7304 2890
+44 (0)7899 814 015
brippengale@wilberforce.co.uk

Antonia Matthew +44 (0)20 7304 2986
amatthew@wilberforce.co.uk

Jake Walker +44 (0)20 7304 2917
jwalker@wilberforce.co.uk
Qualifications and Appointments

MPhil, Exeter College, Oxford, Distinction

BCL, Exeter College, Oxford, Distinction

LLB, University of Western Australia, First Class Honours

BCom, University of Western Australia

Diploma of Modern Languages (French), University of Western Australia
Publications

Equity’s new darling and the pitfalls of remedial absolutism (2016) Trusts & Trustees 22 (9): 956-961
BSB/VAT information

Registered name: Elizabeth Joy Houghton
VAT number: 223202271
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