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Daniel Swan successfully appears for petitioning creditors

29th June 2015

Daniel Swan successfully appeared for the petitioning creditors in bankruptcy proceedings opposed by the debtor on the grounds that the judgment on which the petition was based had been obtained by fraud. There was a substantial history to the matter, which involved the petitioning creditors bringing defamation proceedings against the debtor that were settled by way of a Tomlin o…

Rawdon Crozier in the Supreme Court; Judgment in Arnold v Britton

10th June 2015

Judgments were delivered in Rawdon Crozier’s appeal to the Supreme Court in Arnold v Britton on the 10th. Jun 2015. The case, in which Rawdon appeared as junior counsel, concerned the service charge regime at a holiday park on the Gower Peninsula in Wales under which the fixed service charge compounded annually for the appellant leaseholders but not for other leaseholders under ostensibly si…

Charlotte Davies defeats Police Licensing Appeal

20th May 2015

Charlotte successfully defended Cornwall Council in an appeal brought by the Police against the granting of a licence for 'Kebab on the Corner' in Falmouth. The Police argued that the Council had applied the wrong test by reversing the burden of proof onto them, rather than looking to the Applicant to demonstrate there would not be a negative impact within the Cumulative Impact Zone in …

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Application to set aside under CPR 39.3 dismissed after solicitors misread email and trial goes ahead in Defendant's absence

Joe Stone QC instructed as Jeremy Bamber launches court challenge to CPS for Withholding Evidence