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Property
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Professional
negligence (against valuers, solicitors and
accountants/auditors) |
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General
commercial litigation (including employment) |
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Solicitor
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Trained
and qualified at Nathan Silman 1988-1990 |
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Assistant
Solicitor at Jeffrey Green Russell and Forsyte
Saunders Kerman 1991-1995 |
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Senior
Associate at Norton Rose 1996-2004 |
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Partner
at Maples Teesdale 2005 |
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Full
ambit of property related disputes including
landlord and tenant matters (lease renewal/termination,
rent review, dilapidations, break clauses,
service charge disputes, tenant insolvency
etc) |
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Acted
for the successful defendant in the reported
case: Cadogan
v Royal Brompton Hospital National Health Trust
[1996] involving an unsuccessful attempt
to enforce a restrictive covenant by injunction |
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Acted
for successful claimant in the reported case: MW
Kellogg v Tobin [1999] in respect of
section 17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants)
Act 1995 |
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Acted
for successful claimant in high profile property
development joint venture dispute Universal
Project Management Services v Trevor Osborne & Others |
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Acted
for two financial institutions in respect of
their claims against a local authority for
restitution in respect of an ultra vires loan
transaction to fund a leisure development |
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Acted
for successful claimant landlord in substantial
dispute concerning exercise of break notice |
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Acted
for successful bank in respect of declaration/rectification
of Legal Charge |
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Acted
for successful claimant bank, in respect
of very substantial negligence claim against
blue chip surveyors for overvaluation of
several hotels in the QMH portfolio for purposes
of a sale and leaseback transaction |
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Acted
for two financial institutions in respect of
their successful negligence claim against their
previous solicitors in respect of loan transaction
to fund a leisure development |
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Acted
for liquidators of company in respect of very
substantial negligence against claim against
its auditors |
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Commercial and
employment
litigation |
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Acted
for European stock exchange in respect of potential
claim in connection with a breakdown of merger
negotiations |
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Acted
for mezzanine finance provider in substantial
breach of warranty claim and freezing order |
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Acted
for company in respect of multi million pound
arbitration for carried interest in purchase
of Russian oil companies |
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Acted
for directors/shareholders in s459 “minority
shareholders” petition |
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Acted
for leading broking house in respect of several
High Court employee “poaching” cases,
including applying for and defending injunctive
relief applications |
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Education: |
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Hampton
School, Hampton |
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Buckingham
University – LLB Hons |
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College
of Law, London |
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Membership
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The
Property Litigation Association |
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