To give readers an idea of what we deal with (and therefore whether we can help) here is a snapshot of some of the work going through the office at the moment. Advising on a large historical bank claim against a client – the claim dates back to the property crash Resisting several personal guarantee claims Trying to resolve ownership issues in respect of overseas property (Cyprus) Dealing with fall out from two failed tax avoidance schemes Advising a very active building sub contractor on a number of contractual matters Dealing with attempts by HMRC to impose personal liability on...

Autumn seems to be the season of personal guarantees. Here at Tourmalet we are working on over twenty personal guarantee claims – all on behalf of guarantors. Time and again we are finding that the claims there guarantors are facing are seriously flawed. Many finance houses are failing to follow elementary processes in obtaining guarantees. Good advice is essential. We are working on a range of other projects including some large property funding transactions and corporate deals. We have over twelve year experience of providing advice to a wide range of corporate and personal clients. Every single client we have...

We continue to work on a wide variety of interesting projects. Tourmalet formed part of a team that saw a seven year court battle brought to a successful conclusion on the Court of Appeal in March 2017. We formulated a new approach to a complex legal dispute by developing the concept of equitable security – a valuable but often overlooked concept. We were able to convince the Court of the powerful priority rights of the beneficiary of the equitable charge. Charges and mortgages don’t always have to be in the form used by your local bank or building society! Sadly...