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Practice consists of commercial, employment and chancery law, acting for claimants and defendants, employers and employees.
Email: clerk@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 214 1500
Commercial:
Experience within the full range of commercial litigation, including:
Intellectual Property, including trademarks, passing-off and copyright issues.
Insolvency, both personal and corporate.
Contractual disputes
Company disputes, including minority shareholder claims
Commercial landlord and tenant
Banking
Construction
Chancery:
Land disputes, including boundary and easements claims
Wills and Probate
Inheritance Act Claims and TLATA claims
REPORTED/IMPORTANT CASES
Ali Oun v Ishfaq Ahmed (2008) 13 EG 149 (CS)
Rectification (appeal from an Adjudicator)
UCB Corporate Services v Kohli [2004] All ER (Comm) 422:
Limitation periods in Guarantees and acknowledgement
Wright v. Cherrytree Finance [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 877 (CA)
Barclays Bank v O'Brien case involving Mother-in-law and Son-in-law
Kirkman v Skipton Building Society (CA)
Setting aside statutory demands
Green & Green v Wheatley CA LTL 19/5/99 (CA)
Adverse Possession
Employment:
Experience in employment extends throughout the full range of ?employment related disputes, including:
Unfair Dismissal ?and Wrongful Dismissal
Sexual, Racial and Disability Discrimination
Restrictive Covenants (both employment and partnership)?
REPORTED/IMPORTANT CASES
Bird v Sylvester (2008) IRLR 232 (2008) ICR 208 (CA)
Leading case on victimisation claims against professional advisors
Successfully represented Teacher suing well-known Private School for Unfair Dismissal
Successfully represented Legal Executive suing firm of Solicitors and Senior Partner for Sexual Discrimination
Successfully represented warehouse worker in claim for Sexual Harrassment resulting in award in excess of £25,000