EXPERIENCE

• Passing-off claims between international petrol retailers, Burmah-Castrol and Texaco;
• Part of the “coal-face” team in the litigation between the Bank of Iran and the American Banks, including Chase Manhattan
• The first “search and seize” order (then called an “Anton Pillar Order”) in a patent action (Pfizer Ltd v Peter Hand GB Ltd)
• Anton Pillar orders in commercial disputes (Sharp Bedroom Designs Limited v Sharp & Others)
• Participation in the litigation following the leading case on interim injunctions (American Cyanamid v Ethicon)
• A wide range of employment disputes for household names such as Habitat
• Advocacy in the lower Courts
• Intellectual Property disputes, in passing-off, trade mark and patent matters
• Property title issues, with particular emphasis on adverse possession (“squatter’s title”) claims, (including the Court of Appeal case Townley v Topplan Estates), boundaries and easements (including sporting rights) (including the Court of Appeal case Mulvaney v Gough), confirming the prescriptive right to an easement for a communal garden)
• Employment, particularly post-employment restrictions
• Shareholder/Director/Minority interest disputes
• Disputed debt claims and associated insolvency issues (individual and corporate)
• Sale of defective goods and services
• Claims against professionals, including solicitors, for negligence and misfeasance
• Landlord & Tenant disputes for residential, agricultural and business clients (including the Court of Appeal decision in Ridehalgh v Horsefield)
• All types of commercial disputes, including the only case in the Restrictive Trade Practices Act in the House of Lords (Associated Dairies v Baines)