Education
LLB (Hons) London School of Economics
Affiliations
Personal Injuries Bar Association
South East Circuit
Public Access
Accepts instructions direct from businesses and individuals via the Public Access scheme
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Areas of Practice:
- Construction & Property
- Commercial
- Personal Injury
Patrick has an established civil litigation-based practice. Prior to being called to the Bar in 1996, he spent 20 years in the construction industry, including running his own building company.
Construction and Property
Patrick advises and represents parties in disputes concerning defective workmanship, contract price, penalty clauses and professional negligence (including architects, surveyors and structural engineers). He undertakes commercial and residential landlord and tenant work, boundary and neighbour disputes, easements and right of way, and appears before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT).
Commercial
Patrick’s work is both advisory and court-based, dealing with contractual disputes, debt recovery, consumer credit agreements and insurance.
Personal Injury
He represents claimants and defendants in Fast-Track and Multi-Track cases involving road traffic, employers and occupiers liability, Highways Act matters and package holiday claims. He regularly advises on liability and quantum and settles pleadings.
Reported Cases
Estates Acquisitions & Development Ltd. -v- Wiltshire & Anr. [2006] EWCA CIV 533; Court of Appeal Order for Possession – Application to set aside as defendant unaware of proceedings – Whether good reason for failing to attend – CPR Pt 39.3(5)
Huntress Search Limited v Canapeum Limited & Others [2010] EWHC 1270 QB; [2010] All ER (D) 285; Eady J. -Circumstances in which it is or may be appropriate to grant relief to High Court Enforcement Officer under RSC Order 17. Whether High Court Enforcement Officer's authority confined to address for execution stated on writ of fieri facias
Interests
Patrick is a keen golfer and is a member of both the Inner Temple and Bar Golfing Societies.
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