Julie Gabay

Legal Executive Senior Associate

Specialisms and expertise

  • Commercial and contractual disputes
  • Disputes involving directors, shareholders and partners
  • Corporate and personal insolvency related litigation, including applications for company restoration
  • Domestic and international debt recovery.

Past and present projects

  • The issue and defence of commercial and contractual claims and Retention of Title claims
  • Disputes between partners and shareholders
  • Unfair prejudice petitions
  • The issue and presentation of bankruptcy and winding-up petitions, advising on and dealing with applications associated with insolvency proceedings such as applications to annul bankruptcy orders, applications arising under Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (re-use of company names), Section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (misfeasance and breach of fiduciary duty) and claims arising from Section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (transactions at an undervalue)
  • Advising, pursuing and defending claims arising from Part 23 of the Companies Act 2006 (unlawful distribution of dividends)
  • Advising manufacturers and consumers in relation to the sale and supply of goods and services
  • The issue and defence of debt collection actions in both the High and County Courts, including international debt recovery
  • Advising, pursuing and defending to Trial a wide range of professional negligence claims involving solicitors and surveyors
  • Applications for company restoration
  • Acting in relation to a Search and Seizure Order.

Reported cases

  • Gray & ANOR -v- Buss Murton (a firm) [1998] (1999 PNLR 882 QBD)
  • Hoadley and Another -v- Edwards [2001] All ER (D) 335
  • Humblestone -v- Martin Tolhurst Partnership (a firm) [2004] All ER (D) 67
  • Re AMBA Carpet Services Ltd [2004] All ER (D) 45.

Achievements and other appointments

Julie is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. The Dispute Resolution team is praised in leading independent guide to UK law firms, Chambers UK 2009 for their “prompt, clear and effective responses”.

Profile

Julie joined Thomson Snell & Passmore in 1994. She is recommended in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500.