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Neville Takiar
Expertise
Neville has extensive experience advising on a broad range of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on contractual disputes and property litigation.
He began his career at a highly regarded commercial law firm before founding a nationally recognised commercial litigation boutique, which he helped lead for seven years.
Neville Advises
His clients include landed estates, national hotel and leisure groups, care homes, medical groups, fashion retailers, property developers and ultra-high net worth individuals. He is also increasingly working with a number of major Indian corporations (and their owners) in relation to their UK focussed activities.
Experience Highlights
- Retained by a major Central London landed estate in relation to disputes with commercial tenants concerning rent arrears and other covenant breaches, across its portfolio.
- Representing an Indian business tycoon in relation to the aborted purchase of a Central London home.
- Representing a well-known political figure in a substantial claim against a professional services firm.
- Advising on a dispute concerning environmental issues for an international sportswear retailer.
- Advising the owner of a manor house in a dispute with a biomass plant installer.
- Advising a property developer in a dispute over a failed joint venture, including defeating a claim for possession of a property pursuant to a legal charge (with arguments over ostensible authority, director’s duties and subrogation / unjust enrichment) whilst resolving the underlying shareholder dispute through a concurrent unfair prejudice petition in the High Court under the Companies Act 2006, s 994.
- Representing individuals on behalf of an international corporation in a dispute with a commercial rival alleging breaches of confidentiality and restrictive covenants in employment contracts, following emergency injunction proceedings in the High Court.
- Representing a technology entrepreneur in a breach of warranty claim following his exit from a company, including litigating a novel point on the interpretation of CPR Rule 12.2 (default judgment) following defects in a request for default judgment and CPR Rule 6.7 (service technicalities) in the context of alleged defective service.
- Applying for and obtaining numerous mandatory, prohibitory and freezing injunctions, including injunctions restraining presentation and advertisement of winding-up petitions in the Companies Court (now part of the Insolvency and Companies List).
- Representing a number of retired sports professionals in disputes with insurers under policies of accident and sickness cover following career ending injuries.
- Representing a government department in the recovery of substantial pension overpayments.
Career History
Previous Law Firms
- TT Law
- Muckle LLP
Memberships
- The Law Society of England & Wales
Education
- University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Expertise
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Neville has extensive experience advising on a broad range of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on contractual disputes and property litigation.
He began his career at a highly regarded commercial law firm before founding a nationally recognised commercial litigation boutique, which he helped lead for seven years.
Neville Advises
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His clients include landed estates, national hotel and leisure groups, care homes, medical groups, fashion retailers, property developers and ultra-high net worth individuals. He is also increasingly working with a number of major Indian corporations (and their owners) in relation to their UK focussed activities.
Experience Highlights
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- Retained by a major Central London landed estate in relation to disputes with commercial tenants concerning rent arrears and other covenant breaches, across its portfolio.
- Representing an Indian business tycoon in relation to the aborted purchase of a Central London home.
- Representing a well-known political figure in a substantial claim against a professional services firm.
- Advising on a dispute concerning environmental issues for an international sportswear retailer.
- Advising the owner of a manor house in a dispute with a biomass plant installer.
- Advising a property developer in a dispute over a failed joint venture, including defeating a claim for possession of a property pursuant to a legal charge (with arguments over ostensible authority, director’s duties and subrogation / unjust enrichment) whilst resolving the underlying shareholder dispute through a concurrent unfair prejudice petition in the High Court under the Companies Act 2006, s 994.
- Representing individuals on behalf of an international corporation in a dispute with a commercial rival alleging breaches of confidentiality and restrictive covenants in employment contracts, following emergency injunction proceedings in the High Court.
- Representing a technology entrepreneur in a breach of warranty claim following his exit from a company, including litigating a novel point on the interpretation of CPR Rule 12.2 (default judgment) following defects in a request for default judgment and CPR Rule 6.7 (service technicalities) in the context of alleged defective service.
- Applying for and obtaining numerous mandatory, prohibitory and freezing injunctions, including injunctions restraining presentation and advertisement of winding-up petitions in the Companies Court (now part of the Insolvency and Companies List).
- Representing a number of retired sports professionals in disputes with insurers under policies of accident and sickness cover following career ending injuries.
- Representing a government department in the recovery of substantial pension overpayments.
Career History
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Previous Law Firms
- TT Law
- Muckle LLP
Memberships
- The Law Society of England & Wales
Education
- University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Testimonials
An exceptional litigator.
Legal 500
Excellent and extremely bright, as well as very responsive and entrepreneurial in his approach.
Legal 500
Particularly astute at guiding clients through the many pitfalls of litigation.
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