Business and property group(commercial dispute resolution, partnership, banking and insolvency), No5 Barristers' Chambers
Business and Property Group
(Commercial Dispute Resolution, Partnership, Banking and Insolvency)
Practises from Birmingham.
Recent insolvency cases include: Re Husky Group Ltd [2015] BPIR 184 (proving solvency with hindsight), Re Brown Bear Foods Ltd [2014] EWHC 1132 (Ch) (provisional liquidation instead of administration), Re Reflex Recordings Ltd [2013] EWHC 4514 (Ch) (costs - freezing injunction and administration order), and Re Safehosts (London) Ltd [2013] EWHC 2479 (Ch), [2013] BCC 721 (provisional liquidation instead of administration).
Recent banking cases include: Nautch Ltd v Mortgage Express and Walker Singleton (Property Management) Ltd [2012] EWHC 4136 (Ch) (LPA receivers, equitable duty to borrower and global costs order), and Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2010] Bus LR 566 (electronic disclosure and costs).
Other cases include: Wemyss v Karim and Douglas Wemyss LLP [2014] EWHC 292 (QB) (warranty/indemnity claim), Hamed v Stevens [2013] EWCA Civ 911 (conflicts of laws – foreign land), and Chahal v Mahal [2005] EWCA Civ 898 (partnership dissolution date).
Whitgift School.
BSc Hons (1st class): 1991.
PGDL: 1992-93.
LPC (Commendation): 1993-94
Midland Circuit • Regional Bar
Paul J Dean – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Paul is tenacious, well-prepared, thorough, and technically excellent with the clients. His written and verbal advice is fantastic, and his advocacy is well-structured, planned and strategically thought through.’
Midland Circuit • Regional Bar
Paul J Dean – No5 Barristers’ Chambers