Ms Jagdip Bains > Talbots Law > Stourbridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Talbots Law
MORGAN HOUSE
25-27 Hagley Road
STOURBRIDGE
DY8 1QH
England

Work Department

Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation

Position

Director & Head

Career

Jagdip specialises in commercial litigation and contested probate matters, and has extensive experience in acting for SMEs, partnerships, sole traders and individuals. She works closely with her clients to understand their business and personal needs to achieve a speedy and cost effective resolution, whether that is issuing court proceedings or engaging in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

Jagdip has a varied caseload to include commercial litigation, property litigation,  Companies Act disputes, Partnership disputes, insolvency disputes and construction disputes to name a few.

Recent examples of Jagdip’s work:

  • Successfully settled a shareholders dispute involving a family business and disputes relating to unpaid directors loans;
  • Settled a contract dispute at mediation valued at £6 million;
  • Representing a client in relation to a construction dispute worth in the excess of £1million;
  • Regularly advising on restraining presentations of a winding up petitions;
  • Successfully opposed an insolvency act claim relating to transactions at undervalue and preference payments;
  • Advising clients who were subject to director disqualification proceedings and negotiated favourable undertakings
  • Settled a professional negligence claim against an accountant;
  • Advising commercial landlords on rent collection, lease renewals, break notices, termination of leases and dilapidations;
  • Advising clients in partnership disputes;
  • Advising a former employee of a company on his post termination restrictions;
  • Advising clients in relation to trust disputes arising from ownership of property;
  • Advising client in relation to claims bought by trustees in bankruptcy;
  • Settled a dispute arising from prescriptive easements;
  • Regularly advising farms in relation to various agricultural / farming disputes

A keen advocate of ADR, Jagdip recommends mediation or other forms of ADR to save her clients costs and maintain commercial and personal relationships.

Reported cases: 

Ian Parsonage (acting as personal representative in the estate of Beryl Parsonage (deceased)) –v- Duncan Parsonage and others (2019) EWHC 2362 (Ch)

Languages

Punjabi

Memberships

Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists

Education

Birmingham City University 1999-2001 LLB/Hons, Bachelor of Laws

Leisure

Jagdip enjoys holidays with her twin daughters and arranging their busy social calendars.

Lawyer Rankings

West Midlands > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the West Midlands

A ‘trusted name in the local legal scene’, Talbots Law expanding commercial litigation practice routinely advises clients on disputes that often involve shareholders and partnerships. ‘Tenacious’ practice head Jagdip Bains has recently handled matters that include elements and allegations of fraud and has been involved in some cases that have received national coverage. Josh Millichamp adds value to the team with his strength in the property sector. In addition, the team was bolstered in April 2022 when Adam Pike joined the team from Ansons.