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Professional negligence

> £8 million professional negligence claim against a firm of solicitors in respect of alleged negligent advice relating to a personal injury claim by two claimants. The dispute involved a very complex factual matrix, disputed matters of law including complex prescription (time bar) and limitation arguments, liability, causation and quantum, and multiple competing expert reports.

c.£2 million professional negligence claim by a national infrastructure company against a firm of solicitors, arising from a series of conveyancing transactions. The dispute involved a complex factual matrix and disputed matters of law including liability, scope of duty, causation, loss of chance, prescription (time bar) and quantum.

c.£900,000 professional negligence claim by an estate owner against a firm of solicitors relating to an agricultural tenancy. The dispute involved a very complex factual matrix and complex disputed matters of law including causation, loss of chance and quantum.

£250,000 professional negligence claim against a firm of solicitors in respect of alleged negligent advice relating to the recoverability of sums due under numerous loan agreements. The dispute involved complex disputed matters of fact and law including liability, causation, prescription (time bar) and quantum.

Construction, energy and infrastructure

A complex 12-party £2.5 million commercial construction dispute between the employer, main-contractor, engineering consultants and sub-contractor and multiple owners of a neighbouring property damaged during the construction of an adjacent building. The dispute involved a very complex factual matrix and disputed matters of fact and law including liability, scope of duty, causation and quantum.

c.£950,000 dispute in respect of the design and construction of a flood alleviation scheme. The dispute involved disputed matters of law including liability, causation and quantum.

c£500,000 breach of contract dispute in respect of a Utilities Agreement between a landlord and tenant of industrial premises.

£450,000 breach of contract dispute between a main contractor and sub-contractor in respect of allegedly defective offshore oil and gas works in the Black Sea.

£200,000 domestic construction dispute between a property developer and homeowner relating to the construction of a new property. Claim for unlawful retention of funds and additional works and counterclaim for professional negligence. The dispute involved numerous competing expert reports, disputed liability, causation and quantum.

Company, director and shareholder

c£1.5 million dispute in respect of the remuneration to be paid to a former director for professional services provided to three companies. Highly emotional dispute with counter allegations including breach of fiduciary duties and non-performance issues.

c£1.4 million claim for breach of warranty and misappropriation of funds between the purchaser and seller.

c.£800,000 breach of trust and shareholder dispute between a father and daughter who had founded a limited company.

c.£400,000 breach of contract and restrictive covenant dispute between a former founding director and the limited company.

c.£400,000 family business dispute between four family members relating to their interests in a limited company. The dispute involved a complex factual matrix and allegations including diverting company money and acting in breach of fiduciary duties and for disputed financial transactions exercised under a power of attorney in respect of a fifth family member.

c.£400,000 dispute between a former director and limited company involving allegations of fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duties.

A six-figure multi-party director shareholder dispute arising from a failed joint venture. Claims included alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, a shareholders’ agreement and non-disclosure agreements, dishonest assistance and unlawful use of confidential information.

c£365,000 highly contentious tri-party breach of contract and restrictive covenant dispute between two competing employment agencies and the employee.

Insolvency

£1.2 million claim by an insolvency practitioner against a former director of an insolvent company pertaining to numerous alleged breaches of fiduciary duties including false accounting entries and a “sham” sale of the shares in the company to convert a significant debit balance on the director’s loan account into a credit sum due to the director.

c.£300,000 claim by an insolvency practitioner against a former director of an insolvent company pertaining to alleged disposal of assets at undervalue, unexplained payments to the director and associated persons in preference to the general body of creditors and fraudulently claiming a bounce bank loan.

c.£145,000 claim by an insolvency practitioner against a former director of an insolvent company for repayment of director’s loan and alleged unexplained transactions.

c.£100,000 claim by the liquidator of a farming business against a firm of solicitors in respect of alleged negligent advice relating to a conveyancing transaction.

Telecoms

A seven-figure telecoms dispute between a large mobile network operator and site provider in respect of the application of the new Electronic Communication Code to the site provider’s redevelopment plans and the MNO’s paragraph 33 notice.

Rural business

> £12 million family business dispute relating to the farming partnership and wind farm companies and involving complex issues of partnership law.

c.£200,000 professional services dispute arising from a project to develop a large-scale forestry scheme.

A 10-day “project” mediation of a seven-figure partnership dispute between four family members of a farming business, requiring significant process design.

Farming partnership dispute between a husband and wife following the separation of their marriage.

An access dispute between a farming partnership and the neighbouring farm owner in respect of the cost of maintaining and repairing an access road and related repairs over which the neighbouring farm owner had a servitude right of access.

Real Estate

c.£300,000 dispute between two family members in respect of an action for division and sale.

A highly emotional commercial lease / occupancy dispute between a charity and a club, conducted entirely through British Sign Language interpreters.

A highly contentious dispute between a landlord/landowner and a tenant following a community buy-out of an estate in Scotland.

A highly contentious boundary dispute between two neighbours of rural properties.

Intellectual property and technology

A five-figure breach of contract dispute between a rural landowner and a software company in respect of an allegedly defective customer relationship management system.

A highly contentious five-figure breach of contract and intellectual property dispute, including breach of copyright and breach of moral rights, between a freelance graphic designer and a start-up company which had created and designed a new product.

Employment

c£550,000 dispute between a public sector employer and former senior employee for fraud and breach of contract.

c£165,000 employment dispute involving several heads of claim including breach of contract, redundancy payments, underpayment of notice pay and holiday pay, historical claims for underpayment of holiday pay and non-payment of annual leave accrual.

Inheritance and executry

A 2-day and c.£1 million executry and inheritance dispute between family members involving a farming partnership, heritable property interests and farm assets.

A highly emotional £400,000 inheritance dispute between the deceased’s children and former partner in relation to two disputed wills and the transfer of a property involving allegations of undue influence and facility and circumvention.

A highly emotional c.£60,000 dispute between family members who were the executors and sole beneficiaries of their mother’s estate.

Boardroom and workplace

A 3-day mediation between the US board and the CEO of a high profile third sector organisation.

A highly emotional tri-party organisational conflict following cross complaints between the parties, who were elected members of the prestigious organisation. Allegations included sex and disability discrimination and numerous breaches of the organisation’s code of conduct.

A 4-day mediation of a six-party boardroom and employment dispute requiring significant process design. Highly contentious dispute with various strands of conflict at board level and between one board member and an employee.

A workplace dispute between two senior executives in a North African branch of a global manufacturing business.

A highly emotional workplace dispute between two senior colleagues of an international construction and infrastructure company involving allegations of harassment and sexual harassment.

A highly emotional workplace dispute between an employee and their line manager following the conclusion of both a disciplinary process against the employee and thereafter a grievance process against the line manager.