Profile description
James regularly conducts hearings for Claimants and Defendants in the County Courts across the UK.
His core areas of practice are as follows:
- Contract law and debt recovery
- Costs
- Property (landlord and tenant and possession)
- Family law (Child Arrangements Orders)
- Motoring offences
James is frequently instructed to advise and represent clients in relation to a broad range of contractual disputes and debt recovery claims. His breach of contract practice includes claims relating to B2B contracts, sale of goods, supply of services, agency, consumer contracts and insurance. James experience of solicitor's practice makes him ideally placed to assist with contractual disputes between solicitors and clients, including disputes relating to costs, Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA) and unpaid invoices.
James accepts instructions to deal with a wide range of property law matters including landlord and tenant claims (commercial and residential) and claims for possession/repossession.
He undertakes high value detailed assessment hearings before Regional Costs Judges and Masters in the Senior Court Costs Office. James is regularly instructed to deal with all aspects of Costs and Case Management in multi-million pound matters. James also has significant experience of claims involving allegations of civil fraud, including representation on a five-day multi track claim. He has extensive experience in Fixed Recoverable Costs cases and applications for relief from sanctions. James is a qualified Costs Lawyer and registered Mediator with the Civil Mediation Council.
In addition to his civil practice, James has a busy and succesful Family practice, and accepts instructions to represent clients in a range family matters before the County Court. The majority of his family law work falls within the different facets of child arrangements proceedings (orders for contact and residence), fact-finding hearings and injunctive remedies (applications for non-molestation and occupation orders).
James also represents both commercial (business) clients and indivuals charged with criminal and regulatory offences in the Magistrates Court via the Direct Access Scheme. He has extensive experience of motioring offences in particular, including speeding, driving under the influence, careless and dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
James is experienced in Business and Commercial matters including Consumer Contracts and Debt. James will also undertake Property work on behalf of landlords and tenants.