Civil litigation
The Civil Litigation team deals with a wide range of civil litigation matters including:
- contractual and commercial disputes
- debt recovery
- judicial review
- injunction applications
- landlord and tenant disputes
- trespasser claims
- homelessness and housing related matters
- property disputes
- highways and public liability claims
- employers liability claims
The team also provides advice in relation to highways policy from the claims perspective, and provides training on the law and witness training for those due to attend Court in related claims.
Examples of work include:
- successfully obtained a long term injunction prohibiting the unlawful excavation of minerals.
- successfully defended a judicial review claim in respect of a decision to grant funding to a highways infrastructure scheme.
- acting for the tenant in a dispute regarding the operation of a break clause in a commercial lease.
- acting in property and building related disputes concerning water ingress into buildings due to design and construction defects.
- successfully obtained a possession order where a trespasser claimed an interest in the property.
- obtaining significant sums in judgment orders against debtors.
- successfully defended PL and EL claims to trial.
