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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Contentious Chancery:

Trusts, both express and implied, including directions to trustees, breach of trust, T.O.L.A.T.A. claims and interventions in ancillary relief.

Wills, Probate and Administration of Estates, including family provision

Real Property, including title, boundaries, easements, restrictive covenants, land contracts (for example options), adverse possession and Land Registry adjudications

Partnerships, including breaches of partnership agreements and of fiduciary obligations, partnership property and winding up

Mortgages, Charges and Securities

Landlord and Tenant, including forfeiture, renewal of business tenancies, covenants, dilapidations, and service charges

Equity, including undue influence, confidentiality, fiduciary duties, equitable estoppel and equitable remedies (for example, rectification, specific performance and injunctions)

Financial Services and Consumer Credit, including PPI (for example unfair relationships, extortionate credit bargains, FSMA 2000)

Commercial Litigation:

Contractual Disputes

Professional Negligence

Employment Contracts, including restraint of trade, wrongful dismissal and bonus schemes

Notable Cases:

Knight v Vale Royal Borough Council [2003] EWCA Civ 1258

J.L. Builders & Son v Naylor [2009] EWCA 1621

Harrison v Black Horse [2010] EWHC 3152 (QB), [2011] EWCA Civ 1128