Areas of Practice
Track Record
Commercial Litigation
Acting for a defendant in a joint venture dispute worth £2.3m, which successfully settled before proceedings were issued.
Acting for a defendant in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claim in the High Court.
Acting for a claimant purchaser in a misrepresentation claim against the vendor for breach of the sale agreement, which settled at mediation.
Acting for a claimant in the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal on the extent to which section 21 of the Limitation Act 1980 applies to a claim against a company director for breach of fiduciary duty.
Successfully defending a claim brought against our client by his former partner in an LLP for allegedly overdrawing his share of the LLP’s profits by approximately £5 million.
Representing a third party respondent to a Norwich Pharmacal Order in the JSC BTA Bank litigation.
Representing a claimant company in successfully opposing applications to set aside two default judgments in the Chancery Division that we had obtained on the claimant’s behalf against the defendant, who was a guarantor of a loan of £5 million from our client that had not been repaid. Successfully enforcing the judgment by obtaining an order for sale of the Defendant’s £24m penthouse apartment in Knightsbridge and subsequently obtaining vacant possession and defeating an application for an injunction to prevent exchange taking place.
Property Litigation
Acting for a landlord on a redevelopment of a large site involving in excess of 20 tenants, some of which had protection under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, including providing strategic advice on obtaining vacant possession by the date the development was due to start while maintaining the income stream for as long as possible and dealing with multiple proceedings under the 1954 Act.
Acting for a claimant in collective enfranchisement proceedings for a vesting order which included a claim for an order that a number of leases granted by the freeholder were void under the Act. The freeholder agreed to the surrender of the leases and the claim settled 10 days before trial.
Successfully defending on appeal a party wall claim against our client.
Obtaining possession of residential properties for landlords using the court process.
Publications
Contributes to Practical Law’s dispute resolution and property dispute resolution blogs.
Memberships
Property Litigation Association
Westminster and Holborn Law Society
Education & Qualification
University of Hull
Qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and trained with Boodle Hatfield
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