Michelle Mayoh
Practice Areas:
Practice Area CVs:
Year of call: 2003
Practice areas:
Company
Shareholder disputes; corporate governance; protecting minority rights; derivative actions; directors duties; just and equitable winding-up.
Insolvency
All aspects of administration; liquidation and receivership as well as personal insolvency.
Trust Litigation
Trustee's rights and obligations; asset tracing; third party liability for receipt and assistance.
Commercial Litigation
General commercial litigation; confidentiality and restraint of trade; TCC disputes; sale of goods.
Sports Law
Resolution of contractual disputes between participants in professional sport; disciplinary proceedings; challenging the decisions of sport regulatory bodies through arbitration/court; company and trusts aspects of wealth management including the protection of rights and assets; breach of confidentiality and breach of privacy.
Housing
Advising and representing local authorities and registered social landlords in housing matters including possession claims, anti-social behaviour injunctions and statutory homelessness appeals.
Notable Cases / Experience
Bracegirdle v All Facility Service Limited (2008) (Junior Counsel): s994 shareholder’s petition, derivative claims and personal claims involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder agreements and statutory obligations.
Horton v Sadler [2007] 1 AC 307 (House of Lords) (Junior Counsel): A case involving the reversal of the rule in Walkley v Precision Forgoings Ltd [1979] that a Claimant whose original claim had been struck out or discontinued could not rely upon the discretion in section 33 of the Limitation Act to disapply the limitation period when issuing a second claim out of time.
Proform Sports Management Limited v Proactive Sports Management Limited [2007]: voidability of Wayne Rooney's agreement with an agent)
Aqua Design & Play International Limited Liquidation (2005): Liquidator claim against de facto and alleged shadow directors involving wrongful trading.
Fitzgerald v Robinson (2005): breach of trust and breach of contract/fiduciary duty. The case involved tracing substantial assets through England, Scotland, Isle of Man and Cyprus.
Robin Clayton Partnership Bankruptcy (2005): Trustee in bankruptcy claim against three architects to set aside transactions defrauding creditors entered into 20 years prior to the date of bankruptcy.
Stirling Travel Insurance Liquidation (2003): Liquidator claim against a director alleged to have defrauded the company of assets immediately prior to liquidation. The case involved asset tracing and numerous transaction avoidance proceedings.
Professonal Activities / Associations
- Chancery Bar Association
- Northern Chancery Bar Association
- Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
- Member of the Entry to the Bar Working Party chaired by Lord Neuberger
Career
- First Class Honours Degree in Law (Liverpool John Moores University)
- Highest ranking student in year at undergraduate levelHighest ranking student in year on the Bar Vocational Course
- Called to the Bar 2003 (Lincoln’s Inn)
Awards, Scholarships and Prizes
- Liverpool Law Society 1st prize for outstanding LL.B results for the
- 2000/2002 examinations
- Various University prizes for achieving highest results in contract law, land
- law and subjects relating to business law
- Lincoln's Inn award for achieving the best BVC results in 2003
- Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln's Inn)
- Hubert Greenland Scholarship
- Richard Isaacson Scholarship
