Successful defence of a claim by a builder whose work had been substandard and slow but sought to rely on a termination fee clause in their terms which was shown not to have been incorporated into the contract and to be void for unfairness and as a penalty clause in any event.
Successful defence of a claim by an estate agent for their fee where their service was so poor that the eventual buyer felt they could not deal with the agent and the firm's client was forced to pay another agent a fee to complete the deal. The client avoided the agent's fee and received compensation for all of their legal costs and interest.
Advice to an international automotive engineering consultancy on the successful completion of a deal with a top UK university involving a long term research collaboration agreement and the building and lease of a new multi-million pound engineering center.
Successful defence of an £8,000 claim by a locum dentist against a chain of dental practices for loss of income from low patient traffic. This was a low value claim
pursued, on a low cost basis, to avoid setting an unhelpful precedent.
Advice to shareholders on the successful multi-million pound sale of their various tax advice and related services companies based in two jurisdictions.
Claim against a stockbroker for losses associated with the premature closeout of a portfolio of options contracts. This followed falls in the financial markets which led to
concerns that the client may be bankrupted by further moves. The client obtained a seven figure sum following successful mediation.
Successful defence of a £100,000 claim by a water authority against a farmer for arrears of water rates. We were able to argue that the farmer was entitled to free water under a 99
year lease providing the authority with (now unnecessary) access to his land for the run of supply pipes.
Claim against the supplier of a poorly designed milking parlour. This was a very long running, high profile, dispute in which a settlement was eventually negotiated.
Successful defence of a multi-hundred million pound claim against a train operating company on the basis that a procurement process had been improperly carried out.
Defence of a contractual agency claim and related royalties counterclaim in the context of the distribution of sports field marking paint.
The claim was settled following a successful mediation.
Representation of employees of an oil refinery at regulatory interviews in the course of a fatal accident investigation.
Judgment with interest and indemnity costs assessed as claimed in the sum of £21,450 on a claim initially issued by the client against his builder in the sum of £9,500.
Successful defence of a German doctor accused of being an insolvency tourist.
Mediated settlement of an intellectual property dispute in a claim following the supply of uniforms.
- Case History