Trespass
We are helping an aunt evict a niece from the back shed of the aunt’s mother’s house at the moment. We helped to draft a notice which was given to the lady some time ago, confirming that she is now trespassing and if she did not vacate by a certain date, action would be taken. […]
I was at a Supreme Court mediation yesterday trying to resolve a long-running dispute. I’m afraid that the enemy just wasted our time. This was a third attempt. On the first attempt we thought we had a resolution to the dispute with my client agreeing to pay a 6 figure amount to go away. Unfortunately, […]
Supreme Court Trial
Yesterday one of our matters went to trial before Supreme Judge Allanson. It is rare thing. Only about two per cent of Supreme Court cases go to trial, and that is the same for all of our commercial disputes. The other 98% settle, usually with the assistance of a mediator. This trial was unusual, because […]