Commercial & Business

Michael Norman has a wide experience in commercial contract disputes including fraud and property disputes. He has dealt with a large number of high value claims which have included the following issues:

• Commercial agency disputes.
• Issues of liability, damage and quantum in failed sales of companies, including allegations of fraud.
• Conveyancing disputes relation to commercial properties, many including close consideration of the principles of proprietary estoppel.
• Professional negligence claims involving solicitors and accountants in a commercial context.
• Restrictive covenants.
• Recoupment of losses caused by employees' fraud.

Indicative cases include:

Miller v The Law Society [2002] 4 All E.R. 312 - Role of private law duty of care in Law Society Investigation.

Ward Evans Financial Services Ltd. v Fox and Phillips (2002) IRLR 120 (CA). Whether employees owning a dormant company intending it to operate when they left their employment were in breach of a trust and confidence agreement.

Churchill Insurance v Charlton [2001] 3 W.L.R. 1435 (CA) meaning of word 'accident' in a motorcar insurance policy.

Worldwide Corporation Ltd. v Marconi - Lawtel Ref: AC0791188 - claim to enforce agency agreement in relation to the predicted reconstruction of Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War.