Experience

An experienced commercial claims lawyer

 

Chris has been a solicitor since 1982, specialising in dispute resolution. Chris has extensive experience in adjudication, arbitration and litigation. Prominent in Alternative Dispute Resolution, both as a neutral and as a client representative/advocate for the last 25 years.

 

Mediation experience includes:
 

Arbitration

• Solicitors' partnership dispute with partners seeking a just and equitable winding up leading to the formation of two new law firms.

• Car dealership dispute

 

Banking

• Lender/ borrower dispute involving allegations of security being sold at undervalue.

• Claims of negligence misrepresentation against lender.

• Claim by a Judgment Creditor against a Bank seeking priority over the Bank’s rights of set-off.

• Claims for lenders seeking to enforce security.

 

Construction

• Numerous construction disputes involving non-payment, delay and expense professional negligence and insolvency.

• Adjudication and enforcement of adjudicators decisions.

• Professional Negligence claims for design defects involving major engineering projects.

• Fraud and bribery cases.

• Termination of commercial contracts.

 

Employment

• Sexual harassment allegations between corporate and former employee.

• Franchisee dispute with motoring organisation.

• Race discrimination claim between teacher and school.

• Race Discrimination claim to force an association to change its constitution.

• Restrictive covenant breaches and damage claim. 

• Injunctions to prevent breaches of employment contracts.

 

General Commercial

• Food retailer/wholesaler dispute involving discounts claim and counterclaim.

• Dispute involving delayed supply of building materials leading to claims for loss and expense.

• Dispute involving a damages claim by a motor manufacturer and its specialist design contractor.

• Recruitment agencies fee disputes with their clients.

• Multiparty dispute involving the acquisition of a financial services company concerning claims for misrepresentation and cross claims for breach of warranties.

• Diamond merchant claim against retailer for outstanding purchases.

• Sales of pheasant poults and horses.

  

Multi-Party Mediations

• To settle partnership dissolution case.

• To settle multi-party litigation.
   

Partnership

• Trade partnership disputes. 

• Partnership bust up between partners in niche City law firm. 

• Contractual dispute involving a developer and marine contractor.

• City law firm claim for fees in fund raising exercise for clients involving professional conduct and cost assessment issues.

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Insolvency Litigation

• All forms of insolvency litigation, bank security issues and creditors claims.

• Restructuring

• Directors duties and disqualification.

 

Planning

• Four party dispute including an action group involving planning guidelines and the location of mobile telephone mast.

• Enforcement proceedings and professional negligence involving landowner /developer, their architect and the local planning authority.

 

Probate

• Contest between siblings and beneficiaries of the deceased and dispute over the validity of the Will and the distribution of the estate.

• Constructive trust based on proprietary estoppel claim by wife of decease against former partner seeking declaration of the trust and equity split or a share in the sale proceeds.

 

Property

• Boundary disputes one involving professional negligence in conveyancing.

• Injunction/ damages claim concerning a party wall.

• Negligent misrepresentation minerals company business interruption dispute.

• Dilapidations and arrears of rent claims.

• Joint tenant severance disputes.

 

Public Sector

• Breach of contract /negligence /misfeasance dispute involving local authority and four other parties.

• Four party dispute between local authority employer, contractor, sub-contractor and specialist sub-contractor involving the refurbishment of one and supply of two new main heating boilers providing hot water and heating to some two thousand residents of a housing estate. 

• Four party dispute concerning teacher training between trainee teacher, University, School and Local Authority.

 

Shareholder Disputes

• Allegations of unfair prejudice against members of a private company and disputes over share valuation.
   

Sports clubs

• Case involving a claim for payment of grounds man’s invoice and cross claim.

• Motor sport partnership dissolution dispute.

• Design of sports stadium and safety requirements.

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