Jeremy Gordon
Year of Call: 1974
Appointments:
Part-time Employment Tribunal Chairman (London Central).
Practice Profile:
General civil litigation including contract, employment, personal injury, and professional negligence.
General chancery including conveyancing and trust matters, probate (contentious and non-contentious), company and insolvency.
Fraud, misrepresentation and undue influence cases.
Water law and fishing rights.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of hardware and software questions and has a "niche" practice in computer litigation.
Notable Cases:
Official Receiver v Leung [2006] AllER(D) 407 (director's disqualification)
Cotswold Developments Construction Ltd v Williams [2006] IRLR 181 EAT (meaning of "mutuality of obligation" in employment cases).
Bashir v Revenue and Customs [2005] UKVAT V19295 (VAT appeal).
Vakante v Addey & Stanhope School [2004] 4 All ER 1056 CA (illegality in discrimination cases).
Mulkerrins v Price Waterhouse Coopers [2003] 4 All ER 1 HL (binding effect of s303 Insolvency Act decision).
Goodchild v Goodchild [1997] 1 WLR 1217 CA (mutual wills and family provision).
Darville v Lamb The Times 20th March 1996 (land vendor's misrepresention in Enquires before Contract)
Kelly v Sovereign Leasing 1995 CLY 720 (hire purchase/consumer credit)
Potter v Arafa 1994 PIQR Q73 CA (Plaintiff's betterment arising from retraining)
Butcher v Perkins (1994) 10 Const LJ 67 (foreseeability of damage from tree roots)
Canning v E O Burton (East Anglia) Ltd [1993] UKEAT 729 (employment).
Jackson v Pekic (1989) 47 EG 141 CA (landlord and tenant).
Comer v Bolton 23/3/87 Kemp 6-714 CA (manner of proof of loss of future earnings).
Hillil Property v Naraine Pharmacy (1979) 123 SJ 437 CA (meaning of "occupied for the purpose of business")
Further Professional Information:
Member of a local authority for six years.
An accredited mediator.
Membership:
Institution of Analysts and Programmers (member of the Council). Various legal associations.
Practice Group(s):
Civil
Practice Areas:
Company, Commercial -partnership, contract and sale of goods, credit and leasing, IT/IP, Employment, Fraud and misrepresentation, Individual and corporate insolvency, Personal injury, criminal injury and clinical negligence, Professional negligence, Property and wills (chancery, trusts of land, family provision and probate), Disciplinary hearings (including Sports Tribunals)
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