Successfully defeating a claim and proving the cross-claim on the basis that (1) the contractor was entitled to suspend works involving additional (extra-spec) work and (2) that the suspension was in any event not repudiatory.

John acted for a local authority to defeat allegations of misfeasance in public office over the removal of a building partnership from a list of approved contractors.

Acted for a property investment company at trial in the High Court and on appeal in a dispute over a ransom strip involving issues of contractual construction and highways law.

Amendment of pleading to add a party after the expiry of the limitation period where the claim was a derivative action.

Dispute over the importation of golf clubs from China, which was successfully concluded in the Court of Appeal.

Whether informal negotiations had resulted in a binding contract.

In 2009, the European Commission approved a repayable investment of £ 114 million by the UK Government made to Bombardier Aerospace for its new C-Series programme. The investment supported research and development activities by Bombardier’s plant

Obtaining restraining order to prevent use of domain name.

Whether breach of Party Walls Act 1996 gives rise to an action for breach of statutory duty.

Effect of withdrawal of previous offer to settle under CPR Part 36.

A case on the construction and rectification of a deed granting shooting easements rights.

John acted for a building society in defeating assertions that a mortgage shortfall debt was statute barred.