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Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
18/02/2020

Iqbal Mohammed Nominated for Barrister of the Year at BLS Awards

We are delighted to announce that Iqbal Mohammed has been nominated for the Birmingham Law Society Award for Barrister of the Year 2020.  This is the second successive year that Iqbal has been nominated in this category, each time as the most junior...
James Morgan QC
Business & Property
31/01/2020

James Morgan QC successfully acts for trustee in bankruptcy in alleged “mistaken payment” claim (Elston v King [2020] EWHC 55 (Ch))

In late 2014, in compromise of a potential application for an income payments order, Mr Elston entered into an income payments agreement (IPA) with his trustee in respect of uncrystallised pension rights. Subsequently, in Horton v Henry [2017] 1 WLR...
Ali Tabari
Business & Property
02/12/2019

Ali Tabari successful in application to validate out-of-hours administration appointment

In a High Court decision before HHJ Cooke (Re All Star Leisure (Group) Limited [2019] EWHC 3231 (Ch)), Ali Tabari represented the applicant successfully seeking to confirm the validity of an administration appointment in the wake of recent...
Gavin Mcleod
Business & Property
27/09/2019

Gavin McLeod published in leading property law journal

Gavin McLeod has written an article on the recent Supreme Court case of Regency Villas v Diamond Resorts on the nature and scope of easements as property interests. It has been published in The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, a leading academic...
Rob Mundy
Business & Property
19/09/2019

Rob Mundy successful in challenge to £21m proof of debt

His Honour Judge Worster recently handed down judgment in the insolvency case Poole v Hinton [2019] EWHC 2331 (Ch). Colin Poole, the former chief executive of Claims Direct plc, was successful in his chal-lenge to his trustee in bankruptcy’s...
James Morgan QC
Business & Property
07/08/2019

Head of Business and Property Group, James Morgan QC, appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge

We are delighted to announce that Head of our Business & Property Group, James Morgan QC, has been appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge. Our congratulations go to James who is now authorised to act as a Judge of the High Court in the Chancery...
Rob Mundy
Business & Property
08/07/2019

Severance Principles Settled – Robert Mundy

Egon Zehnder Ltd v Tillman [2019] UKSC 32 Unreasonable restrictive covenants are void at common law. But what if only part of a covenant is unreasonable? Can the bad be severed and the good enforced? In Egon Zehnder Ltd v Tillman, the Supreme...
Naomi Candlin
Business & Property
19/03/2019

Naomi Candlin appointed as a Deputy District Judge

St Philips is delighted to announce that the Lord Chief Justice has appointed Naomi Candlin as a Deputy District Judge to sit on the Midland Circuit.
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