Jagdeep Hayre

Professional indemnity, Abuse, Public Sector, Commercial Litigation

Jagdeep is a partner and specialises in advising on a wide range of complex and high value claims including historic and institutional abuse, Social Services negligence, failure to remove and HRA claims, contract and commercial litigation, common law, construction & property disputes, fraud recoveries work, professional indemnity, and personal injury.

He is a member of the BLM Abuse and Neglect Team.

Jag is also instructed in undertaking high profile strategic investigations. He has a broad range of experience acting for claimants and defendants alike. Jag joined BLM in 2014. Prior to BLM, Jag had a long career in local government where he was head of civil litigation at Birmingham City Council, before which Jag worked in private practice.

Cases include: defence of a £16m+ dispute in the technology construction court for breach of warranties under contract, arising from a large scale voluntary housing stock transfer in 1996; defence of a £2.4m claim brought by department communities and local government for recoupment of a European regional development fund grant for breach of grant conditions and failure to achieve performance milestones; defence of 1.75m tripartite LGPS pension dispute; acting for claimants in respect of several multi-million pound construction disputes (value £1m-40m) in respect of claims for overpayment, misapplication of the pricing mechanisms under the contract, miss-measurement, works not undertaken or not necessary.

Jag also has group litigation experience and acted as lead defence solicitor in respect of uninsured historic abuse claims for a local authority in respect a care regime between 1979-83 at a regional residential assessment centre to include defending to trial claims against numerous former Lord Mayor’s, being ex-officio members of the establishment in the early 1960/70’s.

Key clients include Birmingham City Council, London Borough of Bromley, London Borough of Lambeth, Dudley MBC, Gloucestershire County Council, Middlesbrough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Telford & Wrekin Council, Torfaen County Borough Council and Walsall MBC & North Somerset Council.

Lancashire Polytechnic, Law and Politics BA (Hons) 2:1, 1986-89; School of Law – Chester, 1989-90.