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Steven
Carrigan
Experience:
Steven originally trained with Denton Wilde Sapte and was
subsequently a commercial litigator with that firm specialising
in pensions and trusts litigation. Following
his divorce and being awarded “custody” (now called residence) of
his children he could no longer travel to the City. He joined the Worthing firm
of Lings and set up a general litigation and family department from scratch.
He continued to handle commercial instructions including e.g.
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defending search and seizure proceedings
for what is now a leading company in its field (but would
have been strangled at birth had those proceedings not
been defended) – opponents were represented by
ASB law - click here |
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acting for the owner of baa.com against British
Airports Authority in an internet domain name dispute – opponents
were represented by Herbert Smith – many website
entries, use google and search for “baa” and “bourke” or click
here (NB:
many of the articles are inaccurate and the client
received significantly more than some of them suggest). |
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obtaining worldwide freezing orders, etc. |
He acts as an advocate in the County Court and in Employment
Tribunals and has been instructed in cases that have reached
the High Court (see “Reported Cases” below) and
the Court of Appeal. He has developed expertise in family
law and is writing articles for the leading family law journal
(see “Publications” below).
Summary of Specialisms:
General and Commercial Litigation
Family Law (including Civil Partnerships and Cohabitees)
Employment Law
Inheritance Act and Probate Claims
Professional Negligence
Personal Injury
Funding:
Steven is prepared to consider acting under deferred
fee agreements (principally in family law), contingency fee
arrangements (employment claims) and conditional fee agreements
(principally personal injury work but may be available in
other areas). Otherwise, he charges the standard rates set
by Brighton County Court for himself and his assistants (except
that the rates may be discounted for family work).
Education & Qualifications:
BA (First Class Honours in English, Bristol University)
Common Professional Examination in Law (College of Law, Guildford)
Solicitor’s Finals (College of Law, Guildford)
Reported Cases:
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R (J and P) v West
Sussex County Council and Wiltshire County Council [2002] EWCH 1143
(admin) [2002] 2 FLR 1192: Steven was instructed by the
applicants in judicial review proceedings concerning
the rights of local authorities to disclose confidential
information to third parties. |
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Dalton v Latham & Others [2003] WTLR 687:
Steven acted for the family in resisting an application
by Mr Dalton to be allowed to inherit under their uncle’s
will despite having been convicted of his manslaughter.
This case generated significant media coverage and was
also the subject of an Irish television documentary in
which Steven appeared. |
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A v B (Financial Relief: Agreements) [2005]
EWCH 314 (Fam) [2005] 2 FLR 730: Steven acted for A in
this important case on the status of past agreements
in applications for financial provision on divorce. An
article is contemplated reviewing the decisions in this
area and whether this case represents a radical departure
in favour of enforcing such agreements even in the light
of poor legal advice and non-disclosure. |
Publications:
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Land Registration
Act 2002 section 46: A Guided Missile [Family Law, September, 2005]: concerns
the ability of family lawyers to prevent sale of property
by obtaining “overriding priority” even where
contracts for sale have been exchanged. |
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Chattels, Contents and Assets: The Easy Road
to Being Sued for Negligence [Family Law, forthcoming]:
concerns the importance of dealing with all assets when
drafting compromise Heads of Agreement intended to be
final. |
Interests:
Literature and computers. Steven has his own website,
where he proposes publishing
his
novel Divorcing Reality in parts and will
probably include a legal blog. It is presently under construction but does
include the red squirrel lawyer joke.
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