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Property
Edward Risso-Gill’s civil practice covers a range of property related work including conveyancing disputes, commercial leases, disrepair, residential possession proceedings, boundary disputes and adverse possession. He is currently dealing with a number of cases involving damages claims following the breach of conveyancing contracts and collapsed conveyancing chains.
Public Law
Edward’s experience includes cases involving the regulation and internal governance of professional associations, environmental law, licensing and prisoners. He recently appeared for the Government before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in a judicial review of a decision of the Mauritian Health Ministry. He also appeared for widowers claiming discrimination in the award of bereavement benefit in the High Court and subsequently on appeal up to and including in the House of Lords (R (Hooper & Others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pension [2005] UKHL 29, [2005] 1 WLR 1681).
Personal Injury
Personal injury work includes accidents at work, slipping and tripping and road traffic accidents.
Criminal Law
Edward deals with proceeds of crime and money laundering litigation in both the civil and criminal courts and is well placed to advise on related issues arising in his other areas of civil practice. His practice in the criminal courts has given him substantial advocacy experience. It has involved a high proportion of complex and serious financial crime including Very High Cost Cases. He has, for example, defended in a major duty evasion case in which difficult points of Community customs law were deployed, a substantial multi-handed insurance fraud and also an unusual set of allegations, with a long history of civil litigation, including in the Court of Appeal Civil Division, arising from the execution of bills of exchange.
Privy Council
Edward has appeared before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in both civil and criminal appeals from Mauritius and has experience in dealing with the Napoleonic Code and related jurisprudence.
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