Michael Reason

A chancery advocate and dispute resolution lawyer with over 30 of experience and have appeared in numerous civil matters including; 

Substantial trust, implied, statutory, constructive and resulting trust advocacy, 

Acting for and against creditors of trusts and additional parties in trust actions,

Alternative Dispute Resolution subject to arbitration agreement,

Numerous interlocutory hearings including directions, case management, applications for specific disclosure, overseas evidence gathering by deposition, injunctions pending trial, summary judgment, strike-out, security for costs, orders for accounting & appointment of Judicial Trustees,

Representing creditors and debtors in Insolvency and Companies Court,

Judicial review proceedings against government departments regarding housing, immigration and licencing related decisions,

Applications between shareholders and directors for unfair prejudice against minority,

Derivative claims by company against directors and former directors, 

Trustee Act claim for the removal of a trustee,

Represented a note holder in an international bond issue in which the issuer was involved in extensive overseas litigation against the non-UK borrower security/obligor,

Appealing HMRC’s refusal of UK Value Added Tax (VAT) eligible body clearance,

Advising HMRC on New Zealand trust law affecting IHT upon a lifetime transfer,

Advising on probable outcomes of disputes based on briefs of facts and analysis of precedents,

Numerous enforcement proceedings including bankruptcy, winding up, oral examination, garnishee, attachment, writs of fieri facias, charging order, order for possession, order for sale, interpleader and registration in foreign jurisdictions.