Chris was the mediator in a three party £400,000 mortgage recovery dispute. The borrower had been duped by her fraudulent brother into allowing her name to be used to purchase a flat and take out a large mortgage (which was never paid). When the bank sued her for the shortfall after repossession, she blamed her conveyancing solicitors for failing to spot the signs, and then conveying the incorrect property. Claim settled at mediation.

 

Chris was the mediator in a £1.1m professional negligence claim against a firm of solicitors who allegedly failed to flag the availability of BTE before embarking upon ultimately unsuccessful litigation. Claim settled in the days following the mediation.

 

Chris was the mediator in a £700,000 dispute where a former owner of a London property alleged the negligence of two firms of solicitors had facilitated the fraudulent transfer of that property away from his ownership. The lender was also involved, making this a four party dispute. Interesting issues of duty and remoteness, and causation between co-defendant law firms. Claim settled at mediation.

 

Chris was the mediator in a £600,000 professional negligence claim by the former FD of a support services company against his former solicitors.  The allegations of negligence were around the treatment of PHI benefits in the employment severance contract.  Claimant had Alzheimer’s.  Claim settled at mediation.

 

Chris was the mediator in a £167,000 solicitors’ professional negligence claim. The existence of a mother-in-law’s beneficial interest in a family home had been missed by the conveyancing solicitors, resulting in litigation with the Claimant lost. The action was for the wasted costs and other damages. The issues were mostly factual. Claim settled in the days following the mediation.