Solicitor

1984 (Scotland)

1990 (England)

Mediator 1994

• Agency
• Commercial Contracts
• Construction
• Corporate
• Employment
• Insurance

• Partnership
• Pensions
• Personal Injury
• Professional Negligence
• Property
• Wills & Trusts

Agency Disputes

Claims involving national distribution agencies; Advertising agencies; property agents; corporate sales agencies; fine art agencies.

Clubs

Dispute between a member of a Rotary Club and the other members as to his "exclusion".

Commercial Contracts

Disputes involving design and supply of engineering and scientific equipment; Motor vehicle supply; Trade Associations; Printing; Food Industry; Welding; Lift maintenance; National supply agreements; rail industry disputes; horticulture; yacht chartering; advertising campaigns; accommodation contracts; international recruitment contacts; UK Government contracts; Paint; distribution contracts; medical equipment; farm disputes; NHS trusts contracts; Anglo/Scottish disputes; franchise disputes; haulage contracts; warranty disputes; steel supply contracts; solus agreements.

Construction Disputes

Quality of work issues; claims agent disputes; basis of payment disputes; contract administrator disputes.

Corporate Disputes

s. 459 Petitions; Shareholder disputes; Earn out disputes; warranty disputes.

Employment/Directors contracts

Pre-dismissal mediations on disciplinary issues; Directors' service agreement disputes; death in service benefit claims against employers; wrongful dismissal; Claims by directors for payments due on termination of appointment.

Fraud

Directors' officers' fraud; corporate fraud.

Insurance Coverage disputes

Property insurance, buildings cover; construction cover; personal injury; death in service cover; permanent health cover; fire damage.

Intellectual Property

Cases involving injunctions for breach of covenants and copyright infringement; Claim against music publishing company for use of an idea submitted by Claimant and rejected by the publishing company; Dispute over ownership of tyre design.

IT

Disputes over design and supply of hardware and software; Dispute between commercial retailer and online supplier of e-credits.

Landlord and Tenant

Loss of tenancy diputes (farms), Housing Association/tenant disputes

Partnership Disputes

Disputes arising out of termination of partnerships involving radiologists; solicitors; non-professional business partnerships, personal business partnerships.

Pensions

Claims involving pension trustees acting on or giving poor advice as to management of pension schemes; claims against administrators of schemes.

Personal Injury

Claims involving chest disease; Road Traffic Accidents (RTA); sporting injuries; employment injuries.

Professional Negligence

Numerous claims involving architects; accountants; surveyors; brokers; property agents; solicitors.

Property Disputes

Family disputes over ownership; Release of Retention; Housing Association/tenancy disputes; Licensing disputes between breweries and publicans; tree roots claims; Damage to neighbouring property; Disputes between residential property owners and managing agents; disputes with property developers; overage agreements; commercial lease disputes.

Security Documentation

Disputes involving personal guarantees; leasing agreements; property charges.

Sports Disputes         

Multi million pound claim involving a football player injured in a bad tackle; Dispute between premier league football player and his agent; dispute between premiership football club and its ex-manager; dispute between the two chairman of competing local football clubs

Wills and Trusts

Disputes between beneficiaries to trust estates; disputes with pension trustees; family succession disputes.