The practice
Six areas, worked at trial and on appeal. Each is written up properly on the practice page, with the sort of matter it suits and what the courts have seen from us lately.
Each area carries its reported matters
Fo. 3 · Reported
Specimen reports. The practice's own reported matters replace these on build-out.
CONTRACT — Repudiation — Whether affirmed by conduct
Led for the successful appellant
A distribution agreement terminated by email on a Friday afternoon. The Court of Appeal agreed the termination was wrongful and the affirmation argument failed; the award followed the money, with indemnity costs.
EMPLOYMENT — Restraint of trade — Springboard relief
For the respondent employer
Four drivers, one customer list and a fortnight of quiet recruitment. The injunction held at first instance and the appeal tribunal declined to disturb it. The list stayed where it was.
WILLS — Testamentary capacity — Golden rule
Junior for the estate
A will signed six weeks before death, two siblings, one farm. The challenge failed on the medical evidence, which had been read rather than skimmed. The farm passed as the testator wrote it.
Dates and a fee indication before the call ends
The door board
Painted by hand at the street door; kept honest here. Seniority is not a ranking, it is a price signal: match the weight of the case to the years of the counsel.
The endorsement
No enquiry portal, no ticket number. A phone that gets picked up, an address that takes papers, and a same-day acknowledgment in writing. It has worked since briefs were tied with tape.
The clerks' room
Senior clerk since 2012
Ring before you write. Two minutes with Joseph settles who you need, whether the dates work and what the fee will look like, before a single page is sent.
Direct line
+44 20 0000 0000Papers to
[email protected]Clerks' room
Weekdays 8.30 to 6.30, hearings permitting
Chambers
6 Paper Court, Temple Row, London
Delivery details agreed with the clerk first
