Practice area
The conduct of civil litigation itself: costs, case management, jurisdiction and service, limitation, disclosure, procedural appeals, and enforcement of judgments.
Centrillion Point in Croydon is a former office building which Durkan Estates Limited converted into dwellings in the late 2000s and of which Wallace Estates Limited has been freeholder since 1 May 2014. On 4 January 2024 the…
BriceAmery Capital Ltd ("BCL") is a small firm whose sole fee-earner and director is Mr Nazzim Ishaque. In March 2023 the Financial Ombudsman Service upheld a complaint by a person anonymised as Mr A, who said he had paid BCL…
Mr Philip Gamett and Mr Paul Hughes have known each other since childhood and began a wholesale t-shirt business, Hardwear Inc, together in about 1994. Continental Clothing Company Limited was incorporated in July 1998 as its…
The applicant, NW Publishing UK Ltd, provides support and back-end services to digital news publications and, until 2022, formed part of the Newsweek business; its sole director is Mr William Henry Dove. The respondent, Newsweek…
The applicant, James Kelsall, a litigant in person, had complained to the Information Commissioner about the handling of his personal data by Greater Manchester Police. He then applied to the First-tier Tribunal under section…
The claimant, Trafigura PTE Limited, a Singapore-incorporated commodities trader, sold gasoil and gasoline to the defendant, Société Nationale de Raffinage (SONARA), an oil refining company 96% owned by the Republic of Cameroon…
The claimant, Andron Contract Services Limited, provides facilities management services such as cleaning and security to office buildings and shopping centres. From 19 October 2020 it provided those services at the Golden Square…
The case concerns a girl, D, aged 7, whose parents separated in February 2024. In July 2024 the mother moved out of the former family home to a town some 70 miles away, later moving to a property about 50 miles away where she now…
The three claimants, C2 (Mosaraf Hossain), C6 (Naveed Khan) and C11 (Ashiqur Rahman), brought claims in the King's Bench Division against the Home Office arising out of allegations that they had obtained TOEIC English language…
Mr Khan, a national of Pakistan, wished to visit the United Kingdom and applied for entry clearance on 30 October 2024. The Secretary of State for the Home Department refused the application on 28 November 2024. A pre-action…
Onecom Partners Limited, a leading UK provider of telecommunications and cloud-based services, supplied telecoms and cloud services to resellers known as Reseller Partners, who in turn sold to their own end customers. Yello Voice…
The appellant, Manaquel Company Limited, is the registered freehold proprietor of Dorchester Court, Herne Hill, an Art Deco estate of eight Grade II-listed blocks containing 96 flats, 73 of which were let on assured shorthold…
Mrs H Paneser appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) against a surcharge imposed by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for the late payment of income tax for the tax year ending 5 April 2009. Her…
Corporate Synergy International Limited, then trading in wholesale mobile phones, claimed repayment of input tax of £1,671,801.25 for VAT period 01/06 and £1,859,480.00 for period 02/06. By two decision letters dated 12 December…
Grattan plc appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) against decisions of HMRC. By a decision released on 12 January 2011, [2011] UKFTT 31 (TC), the tribunal decided to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union…
Atlantic Electronics Ltd appealed against three decisions of HMRC, made on 22 May 2007, 28 June 2007 and 28 May 2008, disallowing input tax totalling £1,128,137.50 claimed on the purchase of mobile phones in the periods 03/06…
The appellants, C Prebble and H Prebble, traded in partnership and were assessed to a civil penalty for dishonest conduct by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise. The penalty notice, issued on 14 July 1998, was a single…
The appellant, Jade Palace Ltd, operates a Chinese restaurant in Wickford, Essex; its directors, Mr and Mrs Fung, owned 75 per cent of the shares. The Revenue opened an enquiry into the company's return for the year ended 31…
The appellant, Mr David John Jones, is a sole trader who designs and manufactures tools for the building trade under the trading name "Advanced Pro Tools", and was registered for value added tax with effect from 1 August 1999…
Capital One Bank (Europe) plc appealed against the Commissioners' rejection of its claim for a refund of input tax of a little over £11 million. The appeal was heard in May 2005 by a tribunal of which Colin Bishopp was chairman…