Profile description
Pauline’s clients range from individuals to SMEs to High Net Worth Individuals.
Family Law
- Child arrangements orders (including cases featuring allegations domestic abuse)
- Divorce - complex family asset ownership involving third-party family members – protecting the assets of third-party family members – disputing company resolutions where wife and mother were directors – company law dispute – relief from sanctions
- Divorce - appeal from final hearing distribution of family assets
- Divorce - appeal from final hearing child arrangements
- Challenging consent orders made by victims of domestic abuse
- Challenging financial orders
- Fact-finding hearings
- Consent orders
- Costs
Commercial Law
- Partnership Law – taking of partnership account
- Solicitor’s Professional Negligence – conveyancing
- Commercial and residential conveyancing
- High Court Representation – Law of Property Act (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1989 property contract not actionable
- Partnership Law – taking of an account with multiple ancillary applications
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Court of Appeal Representation -trustee in bankruptcy improperly served papers – application to set aside possession order
- County Court Representation – loan of £300,000 converted to purchase contract for copyright and patent rights representing party recovering loan on basis of fraud/ breach of contract
- Copyright claim for design of interior of business premises
- Conversion of ownership of erected building due to long term use by dairy for bottling
- Financial Factoring Debt Recovery (Ultimate Finance)
- Recovery of Funds from Interpleader Proceedings (HSBC Bank)
- Possession Proceedings (Commercial) (Gilmartin Surveyors)
- Commercial property acquisitions (Various High Streets including recently Brick Lane E1, New Barnet EN5, Stevenage, Hertford, Chancery Lane)
- Unique product contracts including prototype items for marketing and inventor items
- Planning Enforcement Notices
- Various Property legal matters including withdrawal of fire escape user permission by City of London Corporation for premises by Southwark Bridge SE1
Property and Trusts Law
Recent and current cases relate to:
- Property fraud-transfer of title from registered proprietor to company
- Property repossession-fraudulent bridging loan
- Joint house ownership – relationship breakdown – mortgage paid disproportionately between parties – successful claim for common intention constructive trust
- Joint house ownership – relationship breakdown – mortgage paid equally – successful settlement 60% share in ownership
- Freeholder recovering payments made for repairs from other joint freeholders
- Property transfer to avoid care home fees
- High net worth – financial Remedies detailed without prejudice offers
- Fraudulent property transfer
- Fraudulent repossession claim
- Defending local authority repossession claim
- Successful settlement of claim against local authority for breach of repairs obligation
- Flood damage claim against local authority
- Disputes about resulting trusts and whether trusts have arisen in the context of contributions to purchases of land by third parties other than direct financial contributions
- Breach of fiduciary duty leading to the creation of an implied trust
- Trusts created by statute or operation of law
- Non-express charitable trust
- Acquisition of property by local authority on behalf of community group
- Charging order obtained in the absence of hearing and absence of defendant
- Appeals
Employment Law
- Claim on behalf of a church employee for unfair dismissal at the height of the Grenfell Tower Fire – detailed costs application claim and defence
- Claim for security officer dismissed for being asleep
- Claim for disability discrimination – claimant became reliant on dialysis during employment
Most areas are covered. Recent cases have included (Defendants in brackets):
- Unfair Dismissal (American Airways)
- Discrimination (Ballymore Properties)
- Fixed term employees (North Middlesex Health Authority)
- Constructive Dismissal (Coombes)
- Wrongful Dismissal (Property Company)
- TUPE regulations (Heathrow Cleaning Company)
- Gross misconduct (Four Seasons Health Authority)
- Employment Appeal Tribunal representation – Bias and Time Limits
- Discrimination (St Georges Healthcare Trust)
- Employment Appeal Tribunal representation – knowledge of disability
Various Courts and Tribunals
- Administrative Court Judicial Review Case to Answer NHS
- Disciplinary Committee Appeal against ACCA
- Local Planning Authority Enforcement Notice Challenge against London Borough of Southwark
- Conduct and Competence Hearing Healthcare Professions Council (NHS Disciplinary)
- European Court of Human Rights (2013) – Claim for the right to a fair hearing – unfair dismissal tribunal found employer carried out reasonable investigation but client given no fair hearing
Pro Bono Work
- Acted for various pro bono clients in employment law, bankruptcy, repossessions
- Acted in the team of volunteers at the Personal Support Unit in the High Court Strand assisting and supporting litigants in person
- Advising Windrush clients on obtaining access to state benefits and applying for compensation under the compensation scheme
- Legal opinion on claims for compensation for Windrush wrongful treatment
Interests
TV Appearances: The Chase – May 2021
Author of various articles: BAME Beauty and the Covid Beast – the Ugly Truth; Harry & Meghan – a promise snatched or a legacy of hope?; Social Injustice & the Black Lives Matter movement.
Black History, US Civil Rights, Children’s and Young People’s Issues.
Politics: Graduate of CCF Course Leadership in Public Life; Conservative Women's Organisation – Diversity (CWODi); Conservative Councillor Candidate.
