Profile

• BA (Hons)
• Dip Law
• Accredited Mediator
• Member of ELA 

Miles is a civil practitioner with extensive experience in a wide range of civil litigation, in County Court, High Court (Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions) and Court of Appeal. Regularly instructed by Secretary of State for Transport (DVLA). Accredited mediator for mediation/ADR.

BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES

Complaints against banks, bills of exchange, securities and mortgage possession actions generally.

COMMERCIAL

Commercial disputes in general, including sale of goods, partnerships, restitutionary claims, agency and pre-emptive actions.

EMPLOYMENT

General employment law for both employer and employee, including sex, race and disability discrimination, with particular expertise in TUPE. Drafting of contracts of employment, restrictive covenants etc.

HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS

Judicial review and County Court appeals under the Housing Act 1996.

INHERITANCE AND PROBATE

Contentious inheritance and probate work, including challenging wills on grounds of undue influence, incapacity or lack of knowledge and approval. Drafting of will clauses.

INSOLVENCY

All aspects of personal and corporate insolvency, including directors’ disqualification proceedings.

INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE

Claims against insurers and insurance brokers.

LANDLORD & TENANT

All landlord and tenant actions, including succession under the Rent Acts, repairs and relief from forfeiture.

MORTGAGES

See Banking & Financial Services above.

PARTNERSHIPS

See Commercial above.

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE

All property-based professional negligence claims, for claimant or defendant, especially solicitors’ and surveyors’ negligence claims.

PROPERTY

Trusts and land law in general, including boundary disputes.

NOTABLE CASES

R v London Borough of Islington, ex parte Aldabbagh (1994) 27 HLR 271
Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society v Norgan [1996] 1 WLR 343
Ever v WT Partnership (1997) 94(1) LSG 23
Lloyds Bank v Rogers (No 1) The Times 24th March 1997
Barclays Bank v Thomson [1997] 4 All ER 816
Cooke v National Westminster Bank [1998] 2 FLR 783
Department of Transport v Caird Environmental Services Ltd [1999] RTR 137
Hyde Park Funding Ltd v Ioannou CLC 99/4382
Lloyds Bank v Rogers (No 2) [1999] 3 EGLR 83
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions v Holt [2000] RTR 309
Alex Lawrie Factors Ltd v Morgan [2001] CP Rep 2

OTHER INFORMATION

Benefactors' Law Scholar of Middle Temple

Languages: French