Jill Headford

Solicitor and Partner, Tozers LLP

Jill is an experienced commercial dispute resolution partner in Tozers LLP and a regular advocate in courts and tribunals. For many years a member of the Property Litigation Association.

Areas of expertise include:

Land and property disputes, eg boundaries, covenants and rights of way, often with major commercial or strategic significance.
Liability for landslip, coastal erosion and flood.
Advocacy in the property and employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal for large national clients.

Cases of interest:

Successful outcome in a dispute about rights over an industrial estate exercisable in conjunction with the lease of a factory.
Long-running, sixteen party dispute about rights over a commercial estate road.
Defence of a claim against a wildlife trust brought by a neighbouring landowner who prevented access to their nature reserve.
Obtaining a landmark ruling in a claim against Barclays for mis-selling a complex hedge fund derivative product.

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Challenging an expert’s determination

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides guidance on when you can challenge or set aside an expert’s determination. It does so in the context of manifest error, mistakes of fact, mistakes of law, departing from instructions, failure to give reasons, failure to follow the rules of natural justice, bias and fraud.

Dispute Resolution

Expert determination

Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains expert determination for technical or contract interpretation disputes. It defines expert determination and considers the agreement between the parties for choosing/appointing the expert. The expert’s jurisdiction and the binding nature of the decision given are explored and the procedure, limitation and claims against experts are also covered.

Dispute Resolution