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Anjan is the Head of the Commercial Litigation and Public Law Departments at Neumans LLP, qualifying as a solicitor in 1998. Anjan has been ranked in ‘Chambers & Partners’, ‘The Legal 500’ and ‘Legal Experts’ as one of the country’s top litigators – described as somebody who “fights tooth and nail for his clients” and “goes above and beyond the call of duty”. In a suitable case he will be “aggressive” but in all cases he is “dynamic and persistent” with an “excellent reputation for his proactive, imaginative and cutting edge approach to developing legal arguments”.His “energetic” department has been seen as challenging other premier law firms’ position. He has been involved in hundreds of actions, and over 40 reported decisions in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and European Court of First Instance. These concern the full range of commercial litigation and public law issues, including but not limited to disputes in respect of:
Complex Professional Negligence Actions
Includes a number of successful and ongoing negligence/breach of contract/trust/deceit claims against City law firms, other solicitors’ firms, accountants’ firms, barristers, banks, insurance companies including but not limited to claiming substantial damages and costs against:
a City law firm for failing to advise on the correct limitation period applicable to a claim in negligence against a university by a student who was not awarded a PhD;
a solicitor’s firm for failing to properly prosecute a claim against a bank for undue influence/negligence inter alia under a guarantee;
a solicitor’s firm and the son of a client for the solicitor’s breach of trust/negligence inter alia in respect of funds that were used to invest in international trades/financial products;
a top 50 firm of accounts in respect of negligent advice and implementation in relation to a complex tax scheme;
a solicitor’s firm and barrister in respect of the negligent conduct of failed complex company/chancery litigation;
a City law firm for negligence, breach of trust, breach of confidence, deceit in relation to the firm’s conduct towards a Middle Eastern oil trading company of an ex-client;
a City law firm and accountancy firm in respect of negligence inter alia in relation to the transfer of shares from the client in a well known tourist/entertainment company;
a well known international European bank for negligence/breach of contract/misrepresentation inter alia in relation to the management of a multi million pound facility/structured products secured over several high end London properties for a well known political and business family;
a well known West End law firm for the negligent transfer of a deposit and exchange of contracts on a multi million pound West End property;
a well known insurance company for breach of contract inter alia arising from the failure to pay insurance proceeds as a result of a large scale fire;
a large international City law firm in respect of the negligent/deceitful inter alia transfer of an oil rig;
a solicitor’s firm for negligent advice in relation to securitisation of a loan in relation to a high end London property;
a City law firm for negligent advice and enforcement inter alia of an arbitration award valued at over $300 million against a foreign government with substantial assets within the jurisdiction of England.
General Commercial Litigation
Including a number of claims relating to negligent/fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of confidence, different international contracts including oil/energy related, including but not limited to:
bringing and defending substantial multi million pound fraud claims in the High Court including obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions and search orders in respect of worldwide assets, confidential information, lap tops, hard drives inter alia;
assisting a Far Eastern financial services company in defending allegations of fraud in proceedings in Mauritius and possible proceedings in England;
claiming substantial multi million pound damages and costs against a well known financial services company for negligent/fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract in respect of the acquisition of various financial services firms;
acting for Portsmouth City Football Club in defending the winding up petition brought by HMRC on the grounds that inter alia VAT was not due on player sales between English football clubs;
claiming substantial damages against a bank for misrepresentation, breach of the Consumer Credit Act, breach of a facility agreement inter alia;
claiming substantial damages in respect of fraudulent misrepresentations inter alia involved in negligent salvage, the ownership of an oil rig;
advising on a substantial breach of contract claim in relation to an oil supply agreement between an African state oil company, an Eastern European state oil company and the client;
claiming substantial damages against a well known media company for a celebrity arising from a breach of contract;
defending a claim for deceit brought against a director of a company by Standard Chartered Bank in the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords (Standard Chartered Bank –v- Mehra & Pakistan National Shipping Corporation [2002] UKHL 43);
bringing a claim for an injunction on behalf of a student attempting to restrain members of a teaching trade union from strike action in the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords (P -v- NASWUT [2003] UKHL 8).
Complex Property Disputes
These include a number of successful actions including but not limited to:
claiming substantial costs and damages in respect of the enforcement of a loan against a high end London property (Helden –v- Strathmore [2010] EWHC 2012 (Ch) (30th July 2010));
claiming substantial damages and costs for negligent and/or fraudulent misrepresentation against well known English developers of new build properties for numerous clients;
claiming substantial damages and costs from a freeholder arising from the termination of a lease, promissory estoppel inter alia in relation to key land required to implement the government’s infrastructure/transport plans for the London Olympics through the City of London;
claiming damages and costs against a well known West End company of property managers in respect of misrepresentation, breach of warranty inter alia;
claiming damages for substantial disrepair against a well known Premiership footballer in relation to a large multi million pound property;
defending a claim in respect of a holding fee/deposit that was paid in respect of the possible acquisition of a multi million pound property in Kensington;
claiming substantial damages and costs for misrepresentation in relation to development plans against the owner of a large block of well known apartments in Mayfair;
Public Law Disputes
Acting in numerous successful and ongoing judicial review and other statutory appeals/disputes or other challenges in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and European Court of First Instance including but not limited to:
lifting an EU wide freezing order and travel ban for a well known Omani businessman who was accused of having substantially assisted and funded the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, with both the freezing order and travel ban lifted with the costs being paid by the EU and EC (Al-Shanfari -v- European Council and Commission (13th July 2010));
quashing Newport City Council’s decision to introduce age limits on behalf of licensed hackney carriage drivers; a failure to properly consult and take relevant matters into account (R (Lionel Morris) –v- Newport City Council [2009] EWHC 3051 (Admin));
lifting parking restrictions imposed by a London borough;
acting for students in lifting/challenging the permanent exclusion of children from state or independent schools and challenging local authorities/SS for Education etc. over provision for children with special educational needs including but not limited to:
- S, T & P –v- LB of Brent and Others, Oxfordshire County Council, The Headteacher of Elliott School and Others SS [2002] ELR 556 - individual challenges against the school exclusion procedure and failing to comply with the Human Rights Act 1998;
- The Queen (OTAB) –v- The Headteacher of Alperton Community School and Others [2001] ELR 359 – challenging the compatibility of a school admission’s procedure in failing to be an independent and impartial tribunal pursuant to Article 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998;
- R –v- The Headmaster and Independent Appeal Committee of Dunraven School Ex Parte B Court of Appeal [2000] ELR 156 - judicial review case challenging the fairness of the current exclusion of a child from school in relying on the statement of another pupil which was not disclosed to the applicant;
- P –v- Swansea County Council and Davis [2000] QBD TLR1 – challenging the policy of naming a pupil referral unit as the appropriate school in a child’s statement of special educational needs under Part 4 of the Education Act 1996
- The Queen (N) –v- The Headteacher of X School and Others [2002] ELR 187;
Financial and other Ancillary Relief
Expertise in acting for clients in financial ancillary relief proceedings including, obtaining emergency relief such as freezing injunctions in the Principal Registry and High Court.
Education and Background
Anjan is a Consultant Solicitor and currently heads our Commercial Litigation Department. Anjan attended the City of London Boys’ School and graduated from the University of Bristol with an LLB in 1994. He attended the College of Law in London and trained with Ashok Patel and Co. qualifying as a solicitor in March 1998. His tireless work and excellent results catapulted the firm into the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners in 2000/2001. |
