Representing a British company in a breach of contract claim. Fleur Turrington's client had undertaken substantial engineering work out of the EU, for an opponent and the opponent had failed to settle the invoices.
Her client was a small local business and therefore it was important to keep costs proportionate throughout the claim and to ensure that the company’s good reputation remained intact.
The Opponent was a German based company so there were issues of a jurisdictional nature and an Application to the High Court for service out of the jurisdiction was required.
The Contract dictated that the dispute should be dealt with by way of Arbitration. The opponent from the start strongly defended the claim and issued a substantial Counterclaim against Fleur's client. The Court’s permission was obtained to serve the Arbitration Claim Form out of the jurisdiction and we were successful in the arbitration hearing with the Counterclaim being dismissed in its entirety by the Arbitrator, with costs also being awarded to our client company. Being a small business a negative arbitration award would have been catastrophic to the Company.
The skills of a specialist Counsel were used in relation to the jurisdictional issues and a very satisfactory outcome resulted.
Representing a national property management company. Fleur Turrington represented the company in respect of a large dilapidations claim that they were bringing against their former Tenants. The matter was dealt with by way of Arbitration proceedings, with the assistance of a QC who was appointed as the arbitrator.
Arbitration was decided as the best route with respect to this particular dilapidations matter as it was more informal than County Court proceedings and was appropriate for the companies involved.
The Company was a large, national business. It was necessary to keep costs proportionate to the value of the claim but at the same to ensure that the company was portrayed in the appropriate manner to avoid any further claims of a similar nature being brought against it.
The use of a specialist Counsel and relevant experts were necessary for the smooth running of the arbitration.
Fleur Turrington advises various private and commercial landlords and Managing Agents in relation to all landlord and tenant matters.
A broad range of advice can be given including, initial advice as to the relevant possession notices to be served through to advising and representing clients and companies in defended County Court possession matters, Breach of Covenants, boundary disputes, right of way disputes and forfeiture matters.