Year of Call |
2004 |
Education |
Cambridge University - BA in Law (1st Class Honours)
Oxford University - MA in Politics Philosophy & Economics
Harvard Law School - Masters degree in Law
College of Law York - Diploma, Legal Practice Course
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Areas of Practice |
Commercial / Chancery Law - contract, shareholder and partnership disputes, landlord and tenant, mortgages, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, injunctions, disputes concerning land, bankruptcy, insolvency
Employment Law - acting for employers and employees in unfair and wrongful dismissals, discrimination, TUPE, whistleblowing, equal pay
Appeals to EAT - willing to advise on EAT appeals on flexible terms
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Awards |
Cambridge University - Sidney Sussex College Scholar, Tripos Prize
Harvard Law School - scholarship
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Dates of admission |
2004 - Called to Bar of England and Wales
1998/1999 - Admitted to New York Bar, US Tax Court, SDNY, EDNY
1996 - Admitted as Solicitor of England and Wales
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Reported Cases |
Link Lending Ltd. v. Hussein (2009) LTL 30/9/2009 (whether person in long-term residential care remains in "actual occupation" of home address for purpose of creating an overriding interest under para. 2 of Schedule 3 to Land Registration Act 2002)
Ronden Builders Ltd. v. Little Acorns (Northern) Ltd. (2006) LTL 5/6/06 (application to rectify building contract to permit builder to charge VAT on contract price on basis that contract parties made common mistake on liability to pay VAT)
Ruddick v. Ormston [2005] EWHC Civ. 2547, Ch.D, [2006] 1 P&CR DG 21 (validity of contract for sale of land under s.2(1) of Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989)
State of New York v. Michael Wilson 719 N.Y.S. 2d 555 (App. Div. 2001) (pro bono appeal against criminal conviction and sentence)
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Other cases of interest |
Bank of Scotland v. Mitchell (2009) Leeds County Court (unreported) (successful application for summary judgment in £250,000 claim)
In re WorldCom Securities Litigation, File No: 02 Civ. 3288 (DLC) (defending syndicate of US, European and Japanese underwriters in $15 billion class action securities litigation arising out of bankruptcy of WorldCom, Inc.; case settled for $3.2 billion)
In re DaimlerChrysler AG Securities Litigation, Civ. Act: 00-993-JJF (defending DaimlerChrysler AG in $1 billion fraud litigation arising out of 1998 "merger of equals" of Chrysler Corp. and Daimler-Benz AG; after bench trial, all claims resolved in DaimlerChrysler's favour)
AriaWest International v. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (2002) (defending Indonesia's largest company in $1.3 billion ICC arbitration concerning contract to build, operate and transfer telephone landlines; case settled on confidential terms)
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Memberships |
Employment Law Bar Association
North East Circuit
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Lectures & seminars |
10 September 2008: "Age Discrimination: The Law in Practise 2006 - 2009", Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
8 March 2009: "Age Discrimination: Update", Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Previous employment |
2001 to 2004 - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP New York, USA: Senior Litigation Associate
1997 to 2001 - Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, USA: Litigation Associate
1994 to 1996 - Slaughter and May, London: Trainee Solicitor
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External comment |
Cited in "The American Lawyer" for work on DaimlerChrysler Securities Litigation (November 2003)
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Email |
a.tinnion@trinitychambers.co.uk
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Telephone |
0191 232 1927
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