Practice area
The conduct of civil litigation itself: costs, case management, jurisdiction and service, limitation, disclosure, procedural appeals, and enforcement of judgments.
The appellant, Mr Paul McGuire, constructed a dwelling at Upper Malone Road, Belfast. On 31 January 2025 he submitted a claim under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme seeking repayment of VAT of £43,912.41 incurred in the…
MC had been in receipt of Incapacity Benefit from 13 July 2005 and, from 28 November 2005, of an index-linked occupational pension which she did not disclose to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. She was sent and…
GEA, whose identity is protected by a rule 14 order, was awarded universal credit on 03 February 2021. On 03 June 2021 she declared that she had limited capability for work and supplied the Department for Work and Pensions with a…
The Appellant, Lloyds PR Solicitors, represented Kieran Farrell before the Crown Court at Winchester under a representation order made on 27 July 2024. The Defendant was one of ten defendants on a nine-count indictment concerning…
The claimants, Harnek Singh Samra and Karnail Singh Samra, owned land at 103 Barclay Road, Smethwick and the site between 103 and 109 Barclay Road, which Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council compulsorily acquired in 2014. The…
ROR made a claim for personal independence payment on 02 November 2017 but was awarded insufficient points for entitlement. He claimed again on 08 June 2022 and underwent a video medical assessment on 19 October 2022. On 27…
Mr James Hall was a director of Peach Building Solutions Ltd, Manchester Construction Group Ltd and Intra City Construction Group Ltd. On 2 April 2024 HMRC issued him with a joint and several liability notice under paragraph 3(1)…
The appellant, Richard Donald Baines Isaac, had participated in a remuneration trust arrangement, in respect of which HMRC issued assessments and closure notices. On 30 September 2022 he lodged a notice of appeal together with an…
The claimant, Mr Ashley Peters, is the son of the defendant, Ms Mary Joseph. The claim concerns the beneficial ownership of 1 Cicely Road, London SE15, which the parties shared as a home. On 24 June 2022 Ms Joseph gave…
The claimant, anonymised as TWG, was born in June 1958 and between 1966 and 1969 was a member of the First Midsomer Norton Scout Group in Somerset, operated by The Scout Association. Leroy Grubb, some seven years older than the…
Ms Laura Furbacher was employed by Deco UK Limited and assigned to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council as a "Welcome and Support Officer" on the respondent's Homes for Ukraine project for some 15 months. By her…
Virgin Media Limited creates and expands fibre optic data networks in the UK through contractors engaged under framework agreements, and since 2023 has provided network services to a single customer, Nexfibre Networks Ltd, which…
The claimants, David Harris and Ewelina Dulewicz, borrowed from Peninsula Finance plc under a staged development finance facility secured by charges over two properties, Oakdale and Ford Plantation. They complained that the…
The applicants — Thomas James Francis, Oakleigh Ventures Ltd, Patrick Higham, Adegboyega Bello and Henchoz Family Investment Ltd — were former clients of Silver Law LLP (previously Silver Shemmings Ash LLP), which acted for them…
The applicant wife, 'HJ' ('W'), in her mid-thirties, was introduced to the respondent husband, 'QY' ('H'), now in his early forties, in around 2017. They married on 27 April 2018 and the marriage ended in 2021, by which time they…
Mr Colin Sagar, acting in person, brought two appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) against HMRC. The first, the Input Tax Appeal, challenged HMRC's decision denying his claim for input tax for the VAT periods ending…
Ian Mihill applied to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) for permission to make late appeals against various assessments and penalties issued by HMRC, totalling £875,623 excluding interest. The background lay in an enquiry…
Mr Matthew Shaw was involved in a road traffic accident on 30 June 2018, the alleged tortfeasor being Ms Gillian Wilde, whose motor insurer was Advantage Insurance. Mr Shaw issued proceedings and judgment was entered after a…
The three appellants, C1, C2 and C3, had brought personal injury claims following road traffic accidents, all of them represented by Ersan Solicitors. A group of insurers, suspecting that a large number of such claims were…
The appellant, Kamrans Solicitors, acted for Lawrence Mafune in the Crown Court at Leeds under a Representation Order made on 24 January 2025. The Crown's case was that the defendant, together with one co-defendant, had been…