He has experience running High Court litigation and a good sense for strategy.
Nicks Experience includes:
- Acting for a national PLC developer in Technology & Construction Court proceedings involving a claim against a firm of quantity surveyors for negligent costs plans on a £50m grade A office development, which settled shortly before a 3 week trial.
- Acting for a PLC software company in High Court proceedings against a major logistics business, which involved alleged breaches of contract and fitness for purpose issues with software and hardware used for logistics solutions, vehicle data tracking and driver performance etc, and which involved a 3 day preliminary issues trial on contract formation, terms and unfair contract terms: Microlise Ltd v James Kemball Ltd & Anor [2023] EWHC 579 (KB)
- Acting for the Food Standards Agency in connection with High Court claims by numerous food business operators and a major trade body for a reduction in sums paid annually by industry to the FSA of c£24m based on arguments over the construction of EU legislation on allowable costs, successfully defending in full the claims for financial remedies sought: R (FA Gill Ltd & Ors) v Food Standards Agency [2022] EWHC 1709 (Admin)
- Acting for Peveril Securities, the development arm of the billion pound Bowmer + Kirkland Group, in High Court proceedings over a multi-million pound overage claim, successfully defending the claim in full and securing an indemnity costs award covering the entire proceedings: Bastholm & Ors v Peveril Securities (Dalton Park Retail) Ltd & Ors [2023] EWHC 438 (Ch)
- Acting for the Food Standards Agency in an intervention in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union arising from the Netherlands, involving the interpretation of the costs that can be charged to industry by the FSA under EU legislation: Exportslachterij J. Gosschalk en Zn. BV and Others v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit C‑477/18 and C‑478/18
- Acting for the successful claimants in the High Court and Court of Appeal in a claim following a corporate transaction, involving construction of warranty claim provisions and limitations of liability, including construction of Rightmove and Zoopla terms and conditions: Butcher & Anor v Pike & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1407 (CofA) [2020] EWHC 3362 (QB) (High Court, first instance)
- Acting for the Food Standards Agency in successfully defending a Judicial Review claim in the High Court concerning construction of UK legislation allowing FSA to withhold official controls in the event of a judgment against a previous operator of approved premises: R (Agro Foods (Ashford) Ltd) v Food Standards Agency [2019] EWHC 2718 (Admin)
- Acting for the defendants in a springboard injunction case following a multi-million pound corporate transaction, with issues involving restrictive covenants, confidential information and deferred consideration: Create Financial Management LLP v Lee & Anor [2020] EWHC 1933 (QB) [2020] EWHC 2046 (QB)