The Legal 500

Chambers of Michael Todd QC

33 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, WC2A 1EN, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7242 5532
Fax:
Fax 020 7831 0125
DX:
308 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.erskinechambers.com
Email:

Erskine Chambers has a long-established reputation as a company law set. It covers all aspects of company law, corporate finance, corporate insolvency, financial services and related professional negligence matters. Alongside its reputation in company law, the set is known for its commercial litigation experience over a range of practice areas and business sectors.

The set: There are 24 members of chambers, including six QCs. The practices of the majority of the individual members of chambers are litigation-based, although they also continue to maintain their strength in advisory and drafting matters. It is chambers’ aim to provide a professional service in a personal and approachable manner and the clerks are always available to discuss the practices of individual members.

Types of work undertaken: In the company law field, chambers covers a full range of litigation, advisory work and drafting. Members of chambers deal with all areas where company law issues may arise, including: directors’ duties, shareholders’ disputes, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reconstructions, loan capital and banking securities, schemes of arrangement and reductions of capital, and insurance schemes.

Erskine Chambers’ standing in the corporate insolvency field is demonstrated by its involvement in some of the largest and most high-profile insolvencies of recent years.

The set has traditionally attracted substantial litigation work and members advise on and appear in a considerable number of general commercial and professional negligence disputes.

There is a strong international dimension to Erskine Chambers’ work – the type of businesses on which the set advises and the clients for whom it acts inevitably raises issues or involve disputes in other parts of the world. Members of chambers are frequently engaged as experts or advocates in other jurisdictions.

Direct Professional Access is accepted from members of recognised professional institutions.

The office is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 7.00pm, and at other times an answerphone message provides numbers to contact.

Above material supplied by Erskine Chambers (Chambers of Michael Todd QC).

Legal Developments in the UK

Legal Developments and updates from the leading lawyers in each jurisdiction. To contribute, send an email request to
  • HOUSING

    In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.
    - 11KBW
  • COUNCIL TAX

    In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.
    - 11KBW
  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.
    - 11KBW
  • Standards

    In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.
    - 11KBW
  • A justified retrospective

    Clive Sheldon - QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation
    - 11KBW
  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
    - 11KBW
  • Public Sector Equality Duty

    Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.
    - 11KBW
  • Judicial Review

    The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.
    - 11KBW
  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
    - 11KBW
  • Immigration update May 2012

    In this issue: