General common law

John receives instructions in property & related disputes such as nuisance for collapse of land, falling trees, tree roots & escape of water; Boundary disputes; Fraud and dishonesty in the commercial & employment contexts; Recovery of the proceeds of crime in the civil courts and Employment disputes & contracts.

Examples of cases undertaken

• Nusantara Energy Ltd v Healey – Commercial Court trial – a claim concerning inter aila an executive chairman’s remuneration in the UK and Indonesia
• SWT Ltd v Hind & Steel – TCC trial – issues concerning liability for trees by an occupier and the duty of care owed by a tree surgeon to third parties
• James v E.H. Whybrow & Co Limited – claim for trespass relating to building works undertaken by a neighbour
• Ferguson v Ossett Brewery Pub Co Ltd – nuisance claim concerning land slip and damage to neighbouring land
• Carmichael & Sons (Worcester) Ltd v NIG – Rylands v Fletcher claim successfully defended following a land slip
• Baker v Phillips – County Court trial – easements & water access dispute resolved in favour of the Claimants at a trial
• Shurmer v Council of the City & County of Swansea – nuisance claim following collapse of an embankment
• Director of the Assets Recovery Agency v Jackson [2007] EWHC 2553; [2007] All ER (D) 149 (Nov) – High Court trial – the second ARA case to be heard in England for civil asset recovery
• H v a local education authority – ET hearing – sex, disability and unfair dismissal (all successful in the ET) and pursued to a final conclusion almost to the door of the EAT (6 figure settlement)
• Uglow v Uglow & Ors – High Court trial; appeal to CA – Proprietary estoppel dispute over a farm and related buildings