Roger Billins

Roger Billins

Qualification date: 1979

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Roger qualified in 1979, having trained at Herbert Smith. He worked for Collyer Bristow as an assistant and then partner during the 1980s and returned as a consultant in 2014. In between,  Roger was a partner at various firms including The Simkins Partnership. His specialism is in Commercial dispute resolution with an emphasis on contractual disputes

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    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Depositions

    Hague Convention letters of request are an effective and common tool used by US litigants to obtain evidence and documents from potential witnesses in the UK where the witnesses are unwilling to give evidence voluntarily for US proceedings.

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    Private equity/post M&A disputes

    Often involving complex, cross-border issues, our team has a great deal of experience in resolving the full range of post-M&A disputes.

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  • Authorised push payment fraud

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud

    Authorised push payment (“APP”) fraud is reportedly the largest class of payment fraud in the UK. There may be the opportunity to obtain compensation under a voluntary banking code and to complain to the Financial Services Ombudsman (“FOS”) if compensation is not paid.

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  • Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Shareholders’ Disputes

    Shareholders disputes can arise for any reason, but common circumstances include a divergence of opinion for the future direction of the company or the unfair distribution of responsibilities between the parties.

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  • Strike Out Applications

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Strike Out Applications

    The purpose of an application to the court to strike out is the deletion of material from a party’s statement of case so that it cannot be relied on in the proceedings. If a whole statement of case is struck out, this should lead to the court giving judgment for the applying party.

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  • Pre-action conduct

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Pre-Action Conduct

    Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (“the CPR”), a claimant is expected to take certain steps before issuing court proceedings, including exchanging information with the intended defendant, and attempting to settle the matter in dispute.

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  • Breach of warranty claims

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Breach of Warranty Claims (Share Acquisition)

    Warranties are contractual statements of fact that are typically given by a seller to a buyer in a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) or other contract as one of the ways in which risk is allocated between parties in the acquisition of a target company (the “Target”).

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  • Security for costs

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Security for Costs

    A party to proceedings (usually the defendant) may be able to obtain an order that another party (usually the claimant) provide security for its costs.

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  • Force majeure

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Force Majeure

    Force majeure refers to events which are beyond the control of the parties to a contract such as war, epidemic, geological disaster or an act of god.

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  • Summary judgment

    Commercial Disputes Know-How Guides: Summary Judgment

    Summary judgment is a means by which the court can give judgment on a claim (or a particular issue within a claim) without the need for a trial.

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Roger Billins

Qualification 1979

Specialising in...

About

Roger qualified in 1979, having trained at Herbert Smith. He worked for Collyer Bristow as an assistant and then partner during the 1980s and returned as a consultant in 2014. In between,  Roger was a partner at various firms including The Simkins Partnership. His specialism is in Commercial dispute resolution with an emphasis on contractual disputes

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