Clerks Details
- Clerk Name: David Fielder
- Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
- Clerk Name: Mark Heath
- Clerk Telephone: 0117 928 1520
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
- Clerk Name: Patrick Robson
- Clerk Telephone: 01865 793736
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Commercial
Zahra advises and appears in a range of commercial disputes, including contractual and business disputes, debt recovery, interim applications, winding-up petitions and insolvency-related proceedings.
Her experience includes disputes concerning the formation and interpretation of contracts, misrepresentation, the supply of goods and services, and claims arising from hire purchase agreements. She has also dealt with matters involving commercial leases and franchise arrangements, including claims for damages following the alleged forfeiture of business premises.
Zahra’s court work includes applications for strike-out and summary judgment, contested hearings and trials, and disputes concerning costs and interest. Her experience also extends to proceedings involving companies in liquidation and the recovery of debts.
Recent and ongoing work
- Instructed in proceedings involving a company in liquidation concerning the recovery of a debt and the associated costs and interest.
- Advising on the merits of claims arising from the alleged unlawful forfeiture of a commercial pub lease and eviction from associated residential premises, involving questions of contractual rights, licensing obligations and the parties’ conduct.
- Instructed on behalf of a commercial services provider in a contractual debt recovery claim, including claims for outstanding fees, contractual interest and recovery costs.
- Instructed to represent a Trustee in a contractual dispute concerning the automatic renewal of an advertising agreement, raising issues of misrepresentation and contract formation.
- Instructed to draft particulars of claim in a commercial dispute arising from a vehicle supplied under a hire purchase agreement, involving allegations of a defect, expert evidence and associated financial losses.
- Involved in a contractual dispute concerning an online retail platform, including an application to strike out the claim or, alternatively, for summary judgment.
Zahra is recognised for providing practical advice and her previous litigation experience gives her a strong grounding in the strategic, procedural and evidential demands of commercial litigation.