David Mayall
Call
Called 1979
Practice groups
Education
Repton School, Derbyshire
St John's College, Cambridge
BA (Hons)
MA (Cantab)
Practice
• All property related matters including landlord & tenant, mortgages, trusts and conveyancing
• Personal Injury
• Professional Negligence
• Company Law
• Commercial Contract
Experience
Has acquired vast experience in all the fields of civil law set out above. Has appeared in all levels of Court and Tribunals including the Court of Appeal (both in the UK and Gibraltar), the Privy Council and the House of Lords. In property matters has acted regularly for both commercial landlords and tenants and also has great experience of residential matters. Acts both for and against large commercial lenders in mortgage matters. Acts in all areas of personal injury litigation ranging from simple cases to contested quadriplegia cases. Has regularly dealt with all areas of company law including insolvency, disqualification, directors' duties and minority shareholder actions. Appeared in numerous cases dealing with all aspects of commercial law including banking, sale of goods, carriage of goods and insurance.
Reported and other cases of interest include
Ryan v Home Office 1993 (Clinical negligence - prisoner dying of dehydration whilst in prison hospital)
GS Fashions v B&Q plc [1995] 1 WLR 1088 (forfeiture - effect of service of proceedings)
Allied Irish Bank v Byrne [1995] 2 FLR 325 (mortgage - undue influence)
Mortgage Agency Services v Bal (1998) 95 LSG 32 (mortgagee's right to possession)
Chohan v Paul LTL 19.2.98 (Animals Act - knowledge of propensity)
Algar Brownless & Court v Thakrar LTL 15.1.99 (commercial leasing - termination)
Hill v Ellul (1999) Gibraltar Court of Appeal (trustee's right to be indemnified by beneficiary)
Mark Wilkinson Furniture Ltd v Construction Industry Training Board [2000] TLR 11.10.00 (statutory interpretation - liability to pay levy)
Interests
Bridge, golf, wine, gambling
