Practice area
The conduct of civil litigation itself: costs, case management, jurisdiction and service, limitation, disclosure, procedural appeals, and enforcement of judgments.
The claimant, referred to as Witness IIA126 under reporting restrictions, occupied a senior military position in theatre in Afghanistan. He received and responded to a request for a written statement under rule 9 of the Inquiry…
The appellant, Seerat Razzaq, applied to the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors for a trainee licence. The Registrar refused the application and the appellant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory…
The National Crime Agency, an enforcement authority under section 316 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, investigated Jack Moore, a British national believed to reside in Newcastle upon Tyne, and Timepiece Trading Limited, the…
HMRC investigated three related companies in 2021 and 2022. The Second Appellant, Mr Maaz Mohiuddin, was sole director of two of them, including the First Appellant, 247 Jobline Limited; another of his brothers was sole director…
Sucden Financial Limited brought proceedings in the Commercial Court against TMT Metals AG, Mr Prateek Gupta and Mine Craft Limited, arising from events some four years earlier and involving allegations of dishonesty. The claim…
The property is a converted studio flat in a four-storey end of terrace building at Flat 4, 122 Maryland Street, London. The respondent, Ms Paulina Madej, has been the tenant since September 2010. In February 2025 the appellant…
The appellant, Visu Tech Limited, is an IT company trading since 2013 whose sole director is Mr Rajith Chidurala. HMRC opened a compliance check into Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants paid to the company by letter of 30…
The appellant, Mr Michael Wood, suffers from a number of medical conditions, including a problem with his left leg causing constant pain, especially when he places weight on the foot; he has been prescribed morphine. He claimed…
The appellant father (F), born in Australia of Indian heritage and aged 56, and the respondent mother (M), born in Ethiopia, a UK citizen aged 47, married in 2014 and have two children: A, a girl aged 12, and B, a boy aged 6. The…
Genesis (2014) UK Ltd was incorporated in October 2014 and operated a haulage business, with Mr Marcus Hughes as its sole director and shareholder until 4 December 2018. He resigned after the traffic commissioner disqualified him…
The Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation comprises approximately 1.6 million claims brought against sixteen vehicle manufacturers, alleging that their diesel vehicles contained prohibited defeat devices. On 10 July 2026 Cockerill…
Wallace Estates Limited is the landlord of Centrillion Point in Croydon, a building subject to a remediation order made by the First-tier Tribunal on 4 January 2024 on the application of the leaseholders under section 123 of the…
The Thornaby Angling Association ("TAA"), one of the largest and oldest angling associations in the region with some 650 members, holds fishing rights over stretches of the River Tees derived from a conveyance dated 06 May 1949…
Mohammed Sarwar and his wife Robina Kausar built up the Cambridge Hotel in Huddersfield, run through Cambridge Hotel and Lodge Limited, and later expanded the family's interests, acquiring the Ibis Hotel in Bradford through a…
Aerotron Limited applied to resist the recognition and enforcement in England of two Maltese judgments obtained by Hermes Aviation Limited. Hermes had served an Article 53 certificate, demanded payment and threatened a winding up…
CG is a 36 year old woman with a chronic severe psychiatric illness, principally anorexia nervosa, complicated by emotionally unstable personality disorder and features consistent with complex trauma. She has undergone repeated…
By an underlease dated 9 December 2015 the defendant landlord let warehouse premises in Ellesmere Port to the claimant tenant for a term expiring on 19 May 2025. The tenant covenanted to keep the property in good repair and to…
The claimants are creditors under two arbitration awards made in London-seated arbitrations. The first claimant, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan ("SOCAR"), is the direct or indirect parent of the other…
The claimants were Wenda Co Ltd, a Chinese company manufacturing and trading in food ingredient chemicals, and its founder and chairman, Mr Xiong Wei. They sought to enforce at common law in England a judgment of the Intermediate…
Alec Finch and his son Robert Finch were directors of AFL Insurance Brokers Limited, a wholesale insurance broker authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and permitted to hold client money. Alec Finch was appointed a…