The Team

Tim Newsome

Tim advises companies and individuals in resolving disputes.

Practice areas

Tim is a hardworking, knowledgeable lawyer who puts his clients’ interests first.  He has a pragmatic, commercial approach to the resolution of disputes and his clients benefit from his advice and experience in formulating creative strategies at all stages of their disputes.
Tim advises a wide range of businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals on a variety of disputes including construction, property and general commercial issues.

Key specialisms include the following areas:

• Construction disputes
• Contract disputes
• Boundary disputes
• Debt and bankruptcy advice
• Defamation
• Professional negligence
• Property disputes
• Restrictive covenant disputes
• Trust disputes
• Wills and  probate disputes.

Experience:

Tim’s experience includes:

• Acting in various civil engineering disputes including a multi-million pound claim concerning issues about the foundations of a new school.
• Resolving numerous building disputes including successfully claiming substantial damages relating to fire-alarm installation works.
• Acting in partnership disputes including for a partner in a multi-party partnership dispute involving substantial partnership property.
• Advising in a multi-million pound trust dispute.
• Representing landlords and tenants in all types of property disputes, including dilapidations claims.
• Representing a number of employers in claims against former employees for breach of restrictive covenants.
• Acting for many clients in mediations and adjudications.

Personal

When Tim is away from the office, he enjoys football and shooting.

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