Talk from the TSI conference in Bournemouth

Gough Square again took a Stand at TSI conference in Bournemouth in June - Iain MacDonald gave an update on Unfair Trading Regulations. View PowerPoint presentation.

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Areas of Practice

Other Areas of Practice Environmental Law

Including water pollution, noise nuisance and noise abatement notices. Members with experience in this area include Fred Philpott, Claire Andrews, Jonathan Goulding and Iain Macdonald.
Reported cases include Empress Cars .v. Environment Agency [1999] 2 A.C 22

Commercial Law

Including sale and supply of goods, company law, partnership, professional negligence and insolvency.
Members with experience in this area:
Claire Andrews, Josephine Hayes, Stephen Neville, Julian Gun Cuninghame, Simon Popplewell

Fraud

Including civil and criminal aspects of mortgage, investment and tax fraud, asset recovery and confiscation.
Members have also acted for local authorities in relation to benefit fraud. Members with experience in this area:
Fred Philpott, Claire Andrews, Jonathan Goulding, Julian Gun Cuninghame,

Employment

Including advising and representing.
Members of chambers with experience in this area:
Claire Andrews, Julian Gun Cuninghame, Simon Popplewell

Property Law, Landlord and Tenant, General Chancery

Josephine Hayes and Julian Gun Cuninghame are co-authors of Atkins' Court Forms on Landlord and Tenant. Josephine Hayes is experienced in advising on trusts, pensions, probate, wills and succession and administration of estates. Members also advise in relation to disputes over land especially if mortgage related.
Members with experience in this area:
Claire Andrews, Josephine Hayes, Julian Gun Cuninghame).

Reported cases in which members of chambers have been involved include:
Polarpark Enterprises Inc v Allason [2007] EWHC 1088 (Ch); [2007] 33 EG 92, [2007] 2 EGLR 85, [2007] WTLR 1829, [2008] 1 P&CR 4 and (2008) L&TR 6: Revocation of a High Court order enforcing possession against an occupant under a terminated licence because the High Court had no enforcement jurisdiction, s 3(1) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977
Wragg and others v. Surrey County Council (2008) NPC 12 : (2008) HLR 30 : Times, March 19, 2008
Copping v. Surrey County Council (2006) HLR 16 : (2006) 10 EG 156

ADR

Chambers can provide arbitration, adjudication and mediation services and have experience in representing clients in all types of ADR proceedings. Chambers also has active links with a number of ADR providers:
Members with experience in this area:
Claire Andrews, Josephine Hayes, Julian Gun Cuninghame

“Sources claim it's difficult to argue the pre-eminent position of consumer law experts, Gough Square Chambers”
Legal 500 Directory 2008