Tim is regularly instructed in a broad range of commercial disputes spanning the full spectrum of contractual, business and financial disputes with particular expertise in construction disputes, all types of intellectual property and data protection matters – before the High Court or in arbitrations under AAA and LCIA rules.
Tim is known for his sharp and commercial acumen, he is valued by clients for providing clear and strategic advice. He has a formidable courtroom presence and is noted for his incisive cross-examination and persuasive advocacy both written and oral.
In addition, Tim lectures and writes on all his specialist areas of legal practice and for a number of years taught on professional training courses run by BPP University, as well as providing Expert content for LexisNexis. He is also the current editor of Chapter 14 (Appeals) of CITMA’s EU Trade Mark Handbook.
Out of Chambers, Tim can be found on the ski slopes or cooking up a storm in his kitchen or on the bbq. He also enjoys rowing, having rowed for his college first VIII at Durham and May and Lent VIIIs Cambridge and raced at HRR a number of times, climbing and classical music.
Commercial Disputes and Regulatory
Tim acts in a very wide variety commercial cases, with particular expertise in disputes including claims for breach of contract, bank development loan repayment, insolvency matters, debt recovery and third-party guarantee enforcement proceedings, breaches of environmental regulations and claims under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 – in particular in relation to caravan sales / pitch agreements. He has considerable experience in relation to recovering monies paid by investors into sham ‘collective investment schemes’ for building plots / allotments and subject to regulation under s.235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Construction and Technology
Tim regularly acts in complex construction disputes often with significant technical or expert evidential issues – including adjudications (both under the Scheme for Construction Adjudications and ad hoc rules) and High Court TCC enforcement proceedings, as well as leading in recent appeals to the Court of Appeal. He also advises in respect of such claims and related matters such as dilapidations. Tim also has substantial experience in relation to domestic building disputes, with a particular emphasis on dealing with such cases through mediation or other forms of ADR.
Intellectual Property, Defamation and Data Protection
Tim has a successful intellectual property practice including copyright, patents, design rights / registered deigns and trademarks / passing. As well as acting in defamation (including claims for malicious falsehood) and data protection claims. He is instructed in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious UK and European intellectual property law and data protection regulation and regularly represents clients in the Trade Marks Office, Chancery Division of the High Court, and IPEC on such matters, as well as conducting international arbitration claims under both AAA and LCIA rules. He was also instructed in both the CA and the Supreme Court in its seminal judgment on accessory liability and accounts of profit in Ahmed v Lifestyle.
In addition, Tim lectures and writes on all his specialist areas of legal practice and for a number of years taught on professional training courses run by BPP University, as well as providing Expert content for LexisNexis. He is also the current editor of Chapter 14 (Appeals) of CITMA’s EU Trade Mark Handbook.
Qualifications
- Durham University – Bsc (Hons) Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- University of Cambridge PhD in Biochemistry
Languages
Memberships
- Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn (March 2000)
- Society of Construction Law
- Chancery Bar Association
“Thanks for recommending Dr Tim, he prepared some wonderful particulars in a construction dispute and a nice guy too!”
Instructing Solicitor
