A Practice that works for you
The practice was established in 2003 by David Edwards. David first qualified as a solicitor in Australia and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1987. He has over 20 years of experience gained mostly in the City of London and Leeds with large firms. He has given talks and written articles on various issues including human rights, insolvency, property and construction and engineering disputes.
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hdm legal specialises in the resolution of commercial disputes and on the taxation of termination payments to executives and partners and of damages and compensation paid in commercial disputes. David Harlock is the Principal of canal legal and leverages his previous big firm experience to provide personal, hands-on advice to his client base.
Contract and regulatory disputes
David has advised individuals, small companies and major PLCs on a wide range of contractual, commercial and regulatory disputes including the right to damages, injunctions and termination of small, medium and large commercial contracts claims for enforcement of loans by lenders licensed under the Consumer Credit Act, banks and other financial institutions sale of goods IT, building and engineering contracts claims for commission following the sale of land, businesses and goods claims for damages on alleged breaches of warranties on the sale of businesses claims for compensation by commercial agents the right to recover payments made by mistake claims by and against employers for beach of contract claims for damages and compensation against banks and other financial institutions eg for breach of mandate
Property
commercial landlord tenantDavid's experience in property disputes includes general commercial landlord and tenant issues (eg the right to renew business tenancy, rights to terminate leases for breach of covenant, claims by landlords for dilapidations), the enforcement and waiver of restrictive covenants and disputes on sale of land and rights of way.
Insolvency
corporate and individualDavid has considerable experience in both corporate and individual insolvency. This includes advising in the Maxwell, Polly Peck and BCCI collapses and recovering assets in excess of £1m and £2m which had been concealed by bankrupts from their creditors.