Biography

Key areas of law include:

• Property 
  • Landlord and tenant
    Housing disrepair
• Commercial law
  • Breach of contract
  • Debt recovery)
• Chancery
  • Trusts (particular experience in trusts arising from transfer of substantial assets within a family)
• Costs and costs recovery

Chancery

• Bishop v Bishop: Successful claim re presumed resulting trusts - recovering substantial gifts to family, approx. value 190k (Chancery/Equity)
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• [private]: Successful defence of a 200k plus construction dispute (Construction/JCT contract)
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• [ongoing]: defending a TOLATA claim against 8 london residential properies (TOLATA)

Housing Disrepair

• Acting for claimaints and defendants (mainly private landlords) re deposit claims, damp and other aspects of disrepair.

Appeals

• Khaira v Service Underwriting, successfully appealed a strike out for Claimant's non-attendance a trial
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• Ogboogu v AIG, successfully appealed a disapplication of QOCS
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• [private], appeal on the meaning of a part 36 offer, obtained permission to appeal and then parties settled
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• [private], successfully defended an appeal on statutory time limits outside the Limitation Act (grant of new residential long lease)
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• [private], defended an appeal on the application of CPR 22PD3A (statements of truths and non-english speakers) for D1, an alternative defendant, D2, settled the claim pre-appeal hearing

Approach

Having qualified as a commercial solicitor in a city firm and founded a tech startup, Taj is particularly adept at giving commercially practical advice. He relishes working on cases from the outset and developing a relationship and strategy with instructing solicitors and lay clients.

Personal Interests

Taj has made it to the top of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Mount Snowdon, Mount Kilimanjaro and Cathedral Peak. He previously worked with and is a current supporter of A4ID in Tanzania, www.a4id.org.