Dominic Burgess

Solicitor

Dominic joined Griffin Law after training at a firm in Oxford. He has experience in a range of civil, commercial and employment disputes, but has a particular interest in commercial and intellectual property disputes in the technology and entertainment sectors.

Areas of Expertise:

• Commercial Disputes:
  • Acting on behalf of SMEs in breach of contract claims.
  • Acting on behalf of shareholders regarding unfair prejudice claims.
  • Acting on behalf of company directors regarding company intellectual property theft.
  • Other company/shareholder/director disputes.

• Insolvency:
  • Acting on behalf of liquidators pursuing debtors and directors for unpaid debts.
  • Acting on behalf of directors of insolvent companies defending claims pursued by liquidators/administrators.
  • Acting on behalf of companies being investigated by liquidators under section 236 of the Insolvency act 1986.

• Property Litigation:
  • Advising commercial tenants defending Section 146 Notices.
  • Advising Landlords on evicting
  • Acting on behalf of landlords of residential property with Section 21 and Section 8 Notices
  • Leaseholder disputes.
  • Claims for trespass.
  • Boundary disputes.

• Employment:
  • Advising on redundancies and other dismissal situations
  • Settlement agreements and non-disclosure agreements for leavers.
  • Advising claimants and defendants on claims for discrimination.
  • Contractual employment disputes, including restrictive covenant disputes.

Recent Work:

• Acted for joint liquidators pursuing directors for misapplied bounce bank loans, unpaid directors loans, preference payments and transactions at an undervalue.
• Acted for joint liquidators pursuing “de facto” and “shadow” directors for misfeasance.
• Advised employees who had been made redundant from an international cyber security firm.
• Acted on behalf of a Freeholder regarding a dispute with a leaseholder and neighbour.
• Acted for a beneficiary of an estate which involved multiple jurisdictions, against the executor for negligence in administering the estate.
• Acted for multiple company claimants, recovering debts from delinquent trade debtors.
• Acting on behalf of sole traders and investment firms who were being pursued by HMRC for failed trust schemes.
• Acting on behalf of UHNWI regarding their reputation management.
• Acting on behalf of various claimants regarding professional negligence.
• Acted for a landlord in a possession claim (Section 21).