John W Lindop

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Qualified: 
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Construction
Contract
Employment and workplace
Landlord and Tenant
Personal injury and clinical negligence
Professional Negligence
Additional Experience: 
MEDIATION EXPERIENCE

He has acted as mediator in disputes relating to construction, partnership, contract and boundaries.  He has represented clients at numerous mediation appointments in his specialist areas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Qualified as a Solicitor in 1975 having served articles with Leonard Gray & Co and Budd Martin Burrett both of Chelmsford.

He has practised in Southend since admission as a solicitor and has been a partner since 1978.    His practice has involved him in general civil litigation and for the past 20 years he has advised on a private client basis.

He has dealt with a broad range of issues leading to 7 cases being appealed to the Court of Appeal and a petition to the House of Lords.

His experience in litigation caused him to embrace mediation from its inception in 1999.  He is a committed supporter of mediation as a means of resolving disputes.  He recognises that the benefits of mediation include:-

  1. A speedier resolution giving certainty at an early date;
  2. An early settlement reduces at a stroke stress and anxiety, an unwanted  and detrimental accompaniment to all litigation;
  3. Saving in both costs and time.
General Information: 

PERSONAL

He is married, has 2 children and 3 grandchildren.   He enjoys reading books, tilling his kitchen garden and playing badminton which he still does with an element of gusto.

He has been a  member of the Committee of the Southend-on-Sea Law for 25 years.   He represents the Society on the Southend Court Users’ Committee.    He served a one year term as President of the Southend-on-Sea Law Society in 1997.

Some Interesting Cases

  1. Lockland Builders –v- Rickwood (Court of Appeal 1995): implied exclusion of common law right of repudiation;
  2. O’Neill & Phillips (House of Lords 1999): leading authority on minority shareholder’s unfair prejudice petition;
  3. Hair –v- Gillman 2000 (Court of Appeal): application for an Order under Section 62 of the Law of Property Act re implied easement;
  4. Sandhu–v- Gill  (Court of Appeal 2005).  Case concerning the meaning of distribution of partnership assets on dissolution;
  5. Philip Secunda & Glynis Secunda –v- Patricia Johnson and Stuart Smith (Court of Appeal 2009).   Construction of clauses in a contract;
  6. Successful appeal (Court of Appeal) against a Coroner’s verdict of suicide.