5 Park Square East, Leeds, LS1 2NE
Tel: 0113 242 1123 Fax: 0113 242 1124
DX: 713113 (LEEDS PARK SQ)
36 Young Street, Manchester, M3 3FT
Tel: 0161 832 9082 Fax: 0161 835 2139
DX: 718188 (MCH 3)
Practice:
Construction / IT
Contract / Commercial
Professional Negligence
Guarantees / Banking
Common Law
Profile:
Johnny divides his practice between construction and IT, and general commercial and common law work. He has experience of all types of construction dispute resolution and has represented developers, contractors and professionals in arbitrations, adjudications and mediations, and appears regularly in the TCC. Johnny also appears regularly in the County Courts on general commercial and common law matters, and maintains a busy advisory practice.
Recent work:
Construction trials (fast track and multi track)
Fast track trials on general commercial and common law matters
Applications in the High Court and County Court (e.g. security for costs, stays under Arbitration Act, summary judgment)
Adjudications and enforcement of awards in the TCC
IT-defects and provision of services disputes
Represented an employer in a building dispute at a 2 day trial of a preliminary issue as to limitation, where it was held that the limitation period under section 1(5) of the Defective Premises Act 1972 does not begin to run in circumstances where a dwelling is substantially completed to a habitable standard several years before practical completion.
Instructed on behalf of a developer to draft proceedings and appear at a mediation in a professional negligence claim, resulting in a settlement of over £250k
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University
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2003 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon (Erasmus)
2004 BA Birmingham University (Joint Honours, Artificial Intelligence and French) - Class I
Speaker at the Lincoln's Inn Call Ceremony, July 2007 |