Alexander Adamou

Work Department

Alex is developing a mixed practice and regularly represents clients in various aspects of civil and commercial litigation including complex, multi-day cases. Alex practice covers Commercial and Chancery and Corporate Insolvency. Alex also represents individuals in various aspects of Family Law. This include Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders, and Child Arrangement Orders.

About

• Introduction
• Civil
• Employment
• Notable Cases
• Qualifications
• Languages
• Awards & Prizes
• Memberships
• Direct Access
• Privacy Notice
• Testimonials

Position

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Bribery and Corruption
• Care & Supervision
• Child Arrangement
• Civil
• Commercial
• Commercial Chancery
• Commercial Landlord and Tenant
• Company & Partnership
• Consumer Credit
• Consumer Rights
• Contract
• Corporate Insolvency
• Court of Protection
• Defence
• Employment
• Family
• Health & Safety
• Housing
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• International Law
• International Law in Domestic Courts
• Landlord & Tenant
• Molestation & Occupation
• Personal Injury
• Personal Insolvency
• Professional Discipline
• Property
• Regulatory
• Road Traffic & Motoring
• Wills, Trusts & Estates

• Civil

  Alex regularly appears in small claims track matters for both Claimants and Defendants.  Alex’s practice encompasses the entire gamut of civil practice including RTA claims, contractual disputes and possession proceedings. 

  Increasingly Alex is instructed on interim applications as well as more complex Fast and Multi-Track disputes. 

  Alex has also appeared in the High Court in relation to obtaining interim injunctions and has most recently provided a webinar, as part of chambers team, on Super Injunctions. 

  Additionally Alex regularly provides webinars and lectures on developing areas of Civil Law. 

  Most recently Alex was successful in seeking the strike out of an £80,000 TOLATA claim and he was further successful in resisting a relief from sanctions application to have the claim reinstated. 

Employment

Alex regularly represents the Claimants on both an instructed and direct access basis covering the entire spectrum of Employment Law. 

Alex has appeared, and continues to appear, in multi-day Employment Tribunal disputes particularly covering areas of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and TUPE transfers. 

Alex also regularly advises on redundancy and redundancy pay. 

Direct Access

Alexander is qualified to provide advice and representation on a Direct Access Basis.  Alex offers assistance specifically in relation to Civil, Commercial and Employment disputes. 

Career

Introduction

Alex joins Chambers following completion of his first six at a Commercial Chambers in London. Whilst there Alex assisted other members in advising clients on various aspects of Commercial and Civil Law. This included commercial lease agreements as well as housing possessions and delayed flight claims. Whilst there Alex assisted in advising a package holiday provider in 28 separate delayed flight claims where the action was brought in Denmark.
He has also appeared before the Court of Protection (DoLs).  Along side his Mental Health practice he has a keen interest in discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair and wrongful dismissal, and equal pay claims in Employment Law.
As a junior member of the team he acts for both claimants and respondents in RTA’s, Credit Hire and Housing Possession in the County Court. In addition to his civil work Alex appears in various Magistrate’s Courts. Alex increasingly appears in the Crown Court and has experience in dealing with all aspects of criminal law including the Youth Court.

Notable Cases

Razaq v Baig [2019] 11 WLUK 513

Alex appeared on behalf of the respondent in an appeal against an injunction granted in a partnership dispute.

The Appellant and Respondent were former business partners whose relationship had collapsed. The Respondent, who was freeholder of the business premises, changed the locks and obtained an injunction to exclude the Appellant from the property.

On appeal, Roth J found the granting of the injunction to have been wrong in law. Following Lie v Mohile [2014] EWHC 3709 (Ch) the first instance judge had erred in ordering the Appellant’s exclusion from the premises and found that the Appellant enjoyed a liscence to remain in the property. 

 

IR Management Services Limited v Salford City Council [2020] UKUT 81 (LC)

Alex appeared on behalf of the Appellant in which the court had to determine on whom does the burden of proof lie when it is said that the manager of a house in multiple occupation had a reasonable excuse for conduct which, but for that defence, would amount to a relevant housing offence under section 249A, Housing Act 2004. 

Languages

English (Mother Tongue)

Spanish (Conversational)

French (Basic)

Memberships

Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)

Young ICCA

 

Education

BPP Law School Holborn:       Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) (Very Competent)

King’s College London:            Master of Laws (LLM) (Merit)

University of Sussex:                Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Awards & Prizes

Top Advocate, (Oralist for the King’s College London) in the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Competition 2015. Ranked 34th out of 150 eligible advocates in the Global Finals).

Member of the Semi-Finalist Team for King’s College London in the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition 2015, UK National Rounds.

Leisure

English (Mother Tongue)

Spanish (Conversational)

French (Basic)