Civil Law
A broad ranging practice encompassing commercial disputes, trusts, personal injury, motor fraud and credit hire.
Current and recent work
Dependency claim arising from a maritime fatality
Proprietary estoppel claim in an agricultural dispute
Appeal in relation to 3rd party liability (insurers and hirers) in credit hire litigation
Advice on limiting liability within a group structure
Court of Appeal agency workers case (Muschett v HMPS [2010] EWCA Civ 25)
Charities
A broad range of charitable and voluntary sector instructions
Current and recent work
Advising a national governing body on liability for the misconduct of member organisations
Advising a regional umbrella organisation on property liabilities
DASLS charity law speaker in 2010
Family
Focus on financial dispute work, but also care work principally for local authorities
Current and recent work
Ancillary relief case with million pound business ownerships and interests
Intervention in financial dispute proceedings focussed on the family farm
Regular instructions from Cornwall Council and Devon County Council in public law
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Visiting lecturer on the Bar Professional Training Course at Bristol Law School (UWE)
Visiting lecturer at the College of Law of England and Wales (2006-9)
Former trustee and company secretary of a national disability charity
Presently a voluntary legal advisor to a well-known south west charity
Former advisor to the International Bar Association in relation to the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
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