Practice area
The conduct of civil litigation itself: costs, case management, jurisdiction and service, limitation, disclosure, procedural appeals, and enforcement of judgments.
Mark Gadsden's appeal against HMRC's refusal to treat late-paid Class 2 National Insurance contributions as paid for contributory benefit purposes was allowed by the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) in a decision released on 14…
The Respondent, Rose Island Properties Limited, obtained an order for possession of a residential property against the Appellant, Paul Harforth, at trial in the Southend County Court on 21 January 2026, based on statutory…
The claimants — Bayswater Support Group, a company limited by guarantee representing some 800 parents and guardians of children who identify as trans or non-binary, Keira Bell, who has personal experience of treatment for gender…
JHA (the claimants) were contractors under a suite of contracts dated 5 March 2021, the EPC Contract, for the construction of a power plant in country C for IKC (the defendant). Santander issued on-demand Advance Payment and…
P1 Pit Stop Limited was incorporated in August 2014 by Mr Palmer and Mr Forland, who each took 200 shares, with 100 going to a third subscriber, Mr Marmon; Mr Forland has been the sole de iure director throughout. In breach of…
Drive Time Motors Ltd (DTML), a used car dealer incorporated on 16 April 2025 with Nicky Gary Baxter as director and its address at Greenleas Farm, London Road, Billericay, complained about the business credit profile published…
Mr and Mrs Lay sold their shares in Easy Direct Debits Ltd (“EDD”) to Independent Vetcare Limited (“IVL”) under a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) completed on 28 October 2020, which included a warranty that EDD's business had…
The Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne obtained an injunction against the defendant, Mr Peter Hellens, on 1 May 2026. Its material term prohibited him from entering the area outlined in red on the map attached to the…
The claimant, Cynthia Tooley, is the estranged wife of Professor James Tooley, vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham. On 4 February 2025 she was arrested by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of breaching a delivery-up…
Sucden Financial Limited, an English derivatives and commodities broker, provided TMT Metals AG, a Swiss metal trader, with a futures and options trading facility governed by English law. When TMT failed to meet margin calls in…
The claimants are passengers and crew of British Airways flight BA149, who allege they were detained and mistreated by Iraqi troops following the invasion of Kuwait on 1–2 August 1990. They sued the Cabinet Office, the Foreign…
Uniper UK Limited, the owner of the former coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, brought proceedings to restrain trespass and nuisance on the site by two broad groups of trespassers: named defendants and other persons…
The applicant, Parvaiz Akhtar, was assessed to VAT by the Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs for the periods 12/19 to 03/23 in the sum of £29,199.19. The assessments were best judgement assessments issued under s…
The claimant, Maidstone Borough Council, applied to commit the defendant, Fred King, for contempt of court arising from breaches of two injunctions concerning land known as Warren Lands at Sandway, Maidstone, whose lawful use is…
The claimant, Maersk A/S, a Danish shipping line, was the disponent owner of the container vessel Maersk Seoul, which it held under a chain of time charters descending from the registered owners. In July 2015 the defendant, Sree…
The claimant, Perseus Ventures Limited, is a British Virgin Islands company owned and directed by Martin Walsh, who conducted the litigation on its behalf having been granted rights of audience by Freedman J in July 2024. The…
The claimants are William Donald Lindsay and the estate of the late Euan McIntyre Lindsay, members of a family of Scottish dairy farmers who owned a farm in Scotland and a farm in Cumbria. After the family ran into financial…
Glint Pay Ltd (GPL) and its subsidiaries Glint Pay Services Ltd and Glint Pay UK Ltd operate a gold-backed debit card app. In January 2019 GPL borrowed £1.65 million from Brahma Finance (BVI) Ltd, secured by a debenture granting…
Dogwoof Ltd is a London documentary film company whose shareholders are Mr Paul Andrew Whittaker (approximately 25%), Bertha UK Ltd (approximately 40%), Ms Anna Godas and Mr Oliver Harbottle, their relations governed by a…
Alfie, a boy aged between 18 and 21 months at the material time and now aged three, sustained a range of injuries — including a skull fracture, a fractured right radius and four rib fractures — while living with his mother and…