Introduction

Civil

Sam has developed a diverse civil practice which includes a significant amount of paperwork that he completes to a quick turnaround. Sam endeavours to be as accessible as possible to professional clients and is viewed by many of his instructing solicitors as an extension to their own team.

Personal Injury

Up to multi-track, including:

• RTA, including credit hire
• Occupiers’ liability
• Employers’ liability, including industrial disease
• Police and prison claims
• Injuries and illness abroad, including Athens Convention
• Clinical negligence

Commercial Law

Including:

• Contractual disputes
• Insolvency
• Debt claims
• Enforcement/Interpleaders
• Consumer Rights Act 2015
• Consumer credit
• Package Travel Regulations 1992
• Liability of unincorporated associations

Landlord & Tenant – Commercial and Residential

Including:

• Relief from forfeiture
• Rent arrears
• Deposit protection scheme
• Possession claims
• Unlawful eviction claims
• Dilapidations & disrepair
• Applications for Antisocial Behaviour Injunctions and subsequent committal proceedings

Property Law

Including:

• Boundary disputes
• Easements
• Trusts of Land
• Proprietary estoppel
• Conversion

Trusts and Probate

Including:

• Administration of estates
• Inventory and account
• Inheritance Act 1974 claims
• Undue influence and capacity

Family

Sam retains a family practice alongside his civil practice:

• Contact applications, including contested finding of fact hearings involving serious allegations
• Non molestation/ occupation orders
• Care proceedings
• Ancillary relief

Mediation

• Accredited mediator (ADR Group)

Public Access

• Accredited to undertake Public Access work

Education

• University of Manchester, LLB, First Class Honours
• Manchester Law School, BPTC, Very Competent

Awards

• Harry Street Tort Prize: highest Tort mark amongst his University of Manchester cohort
• Dauntesy Public International Law Prize: highest Public International Law mark amongst his University of Manchester cohort
• Dean of Law School’s Award: highest Civil Advocacy mark amongst his BPTC cohort

Memberships

• Personal Injury Bar Association
• Northern Circuit
• Wales and Chester Circuit