Yasmin regularly acts in company and partnership disputes. In particular she has experience in dealing with complex cases including shareholder disputes, director’s misfeasance, partnership breakdown and asset division.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
Examples of recent instructions include:
- Advice, representation and settlement of an unfair prejudice (section 994) quasi partnership exclusion case
- Drafting points of dispute in an unfair prejudice claim
- Representation in a partnership dispute within a claim for unpaid invoices
- Advice on settlement of a partnership dispute where one partner had been excluded from the day to day running of a property development business and partnership assets required division
- Representation at hearing relating to restoration of a company to the register approx. 10 years out of time
- Drafting of applications for permission to register charges out of time
- Drafting in case centred around breach of directors duties / fiduciary duties / section 1157 of the Companies Act 2006
- Representation in Part 8 Claim involving arguments of express trust, constructive trust and estoppel in relation to ownership of a truck by a company
- Representation at a committal hearing following breach of an undertaking where the director who signed the undertaking was alleged to be personally liable.
Further Experience
After graduating from Cambridge University in Law, Yasmin went on to achieve an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from King’s College, London. Yasmin’s experiences in law are multifaceted. She spent a year working as a paralegal in the Dispute Resolution department at Slaughter and May and gained considerable experience of the pre-trial preparatory stage of litigation, with particular emphasis on disclosure, in so doing. At the other end of the process, Yasmin has gained valuable knowledge working in the Court of Appeal as a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Latham and Lord Justice Sedley. These experiences enable Yasmin to effectively relate specialist knowledge as a member of a legal team that fully incorporates both professional and lay client.
Yasmin was appointed as a Recorder (South Eastern Circuit) on 12 October 2020.
Recommendations
“Yasmin is very diligent.”
Chambers UK 2023 - Commercial Dispute Resolution
“Yasmin is very personable and relatable to the client. She is thorough and practical.”
Legal 500 2023 - Company and Insolvency
“Yamin is incredibly reliable and approachable, with meticulous attention to detail. Her quality of work is excellent, well presented and clearly well thought through. She will go the extra mile to offer guidance and assistance with new and ongoing cases. She is intelligent and very capable.”
Legal 500 2023 - Commercial Litigation
“A counsel you want in your corner. She is extremely personable, very good at giving pragmatic advice and doesn't sugarcoat it.”
Chambers UK 2022 - Commercial Dispute Resolution
“Well organised, knowledgeable and strategically minded. Always on hand and very practical.”
Legal 500 2022
“Very commercially astute, with strong advocacy skills and great tactical awareness.”
Legal 500 2021 - Company and Insolvency
“She has a keen eye for detail and gets on very well with lay clients.”
Chambers UK 2021 - Commercial Dispute Resolution
“She combines a keen eye for detail with a willingness to go the extra mile.”
Legal 500 2020
“She has excellent analytical skills and a real eye for detail. She communicates with clients very well in conference and they are quickly put at ease by her friendly manner but no-nonsense approach to their case.”
Chambers UK 2020
Notable Cases
Re Diamond Hangar Ltd [2019] EWHC 224 (Ch)
Lisa Walton and Thomas Walton v Shan Allman [2015] EWHC 3325 (Ch)
Michael Hunt v HMRC [2014] UKFTT 1094 (TC)
SafetyNet Security v Freedom Security and Coppage [2013] EWCA Civ 1176 and [2012] EWHC B11
Memberships
Inner Temple
PIBA
MCCBA
Qualifications
MA (Hons)(Cantab) Law
LLM (Lond) Company and Commercial Law
Publications
PIBU Law Journal
September 2007
A Coroner’s Power to Adjourn an Inquest is Discretionary: R (Pereira) v HM Coroner for Inner South London and Other Interested Parties)
PIBU Law Journal
July 2007
Coroner Entitled to not Leave a Verdict to a Jury where if Returned that Verdict would be Perverse or Unsafe: R (Bennett) v HM Coroner for Inner South London and Other Interested Parties
