Commercial

John is instructed in commercial contractual disputes; Unregulated commercial lending; Sale of services including mortgage brokering; Company directors and duties; Building disputes involving the construction of domestic housing and commercial property, Property disputes involving shops, hotels and farms and the Sale of goods including Engines and Mechanical devices.

Complex issues of causation of loss and quantification of damages arise in the work undertaken by John.

Examples of cases undertaken

• Nusantara Energy Ltd v Healey – Commercial Court trial – breach of director’s duties, director’s negligence and breach of fiduciary duty
• Briggs v Quore ­­– dispute over meaning & effect of a share purchase agreement in the telecoms space (mobile phones)
• UK Acorn Finance Limited v Vincent – agricultural mortgages & a claim for Consumer Credit Act 1974, s.140B relief
• Acorn Country Capital Limited v Walker – High Court trial – agricultural mortgages & a claim for Consumer Credit Act 1974, s.140B relief and breach of fiduciary duty
• Pilcher v Stan & others – advance fee fraud, freezing injunctions and recovery of ‘money had & received’
• Penna PLC v Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd – breach of contract in the employment recruitment field
• Jawaheer v AIB GROUP (UK) P.L.C. – breach of contract by a bank following a business restructure
• Hankey v Sealine International Ltd – County Court trial – action against Sealine International for engine failure 5 years after purchase
• Gewefa UK Ltd v Saro Engineering (Merthyr) Ltd – quality and fitness for purpose of specialist machine tools supplied to an engineering company
• May v Motortech Marine Engineering Ltd – County Court trial – action against engine supplier for engine failure