DMH Stallard LLP

Dispute Resolution TMT

Tim is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution, Technology, Media and Telecoms team and the firm’s Senior Litigation Partner.

Partner specialising in commercial litigation, intellectual property and technology related disputes.

Tim is the firms' Senior Litigation Partner. He is a commercial litigator with over 30 years' experience in handling corporate and commercial disputes.  He is an expert in all aspects of intellectual property including trade marks, patents, designs, misuse of confidential information (by employees and/or competitors), copyright and database rights.  Tim also advises on technology-related disputes and leads on many of our largest commercial and corporate disputes, with extensive experience in the High Court and Court of Appeal.  He is also experienced at resolving disputes through arbitration and adjudication.

Many of his matters and clients are international and Tim is the Chairman of our global network of law firms, LEInternational, which covers 27 different jurisdictions.

Tim is recognised as a Leading Individual in both Legal 500 UK and Chambers & Partners UK directories.

Work highlights Tim successfully represented a Respondent to an unfair prejudice petition in which the Petitioner sought a multi-million pound award against our client. The claim against Tim's client, which involved complex issues relating to confidential information, was discontinued during the 15-day High Court trial. European Real Estate Debt Fund (Cayman) Ltd v. Treon, Arundel Group Ltd and Srinivas (2021).  Tim represents the First Defendant against whom the Claimant seeks circa. £15m for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in relation to the issue of loan notes. Cavadore Ltd and Magenta Black Trading Ltd v. Jawa and Modern Food Company Ltd (2021).  Acting for the Claimants in a multi-million pound claim against Saudi Defendants for breach of a franchise agreement and trade mark infringement in relation to a well-known Japanese restaurant brand. Copyright relating to the Harry Potter books. Paul Gregory Allen (acting as trustee of Adrian Jacobs (deceased)) v.(1) Bloomsbury Publishing plc (2) Joanne Kathleen Murray (professionally known as JK Rowling) [2010]. Representing Alpargatas S.A (owners of the famous HAVAIANAS flip-flop brand) in trade mark enforcement actions in the UK. Acting for a shareholder petitioner in an unfair prejudice petition which involved the misuse of confidential information, copyright and trade marks. British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and others v Sky Home Services Ltd and others.  Acting for British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC in proceedings against TVCatchUp Limited for copyright and trade mark infringement arising out of the retransmission of Sky’s free-to-air broadcasts.  Mordchai Ganz v (1) Petronz FZE (2) Abraham Goren [2024] EWHC 635. Tim led the team which acted for the Claimant in this arbitration claim. The Judgment of Moulder J received much attention from legal pundits. DMH Stallard was supported by the legal team of Altshuler Law in Israel which is a collaboration enabled through their membership of our international law firm network.. LEInternational. The challenge was to an [2020]LCIA arbitration award in a dispute between two Israeli individuals and a company based in the Dubai Free Zone, in which DMH Stallard had also acted. The decision included two primary issues of interest: the severability of arbitration agreements and the publication of the judgment.

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Intellectual Property Lawyers Association The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys International Trade Mark Association Federation Against Software Theft