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Sunny Virk

Sunny is a highly experienced and truly neutral mediator with a wealth of legal knowledge and experience. His deep, practical understanding of the psychology of conflict resolution combined with a patient, impartial approach enables him to find a workable solution for all parties.

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Profession

Profession

Barrister

Profession

Local Panel

West Midlands

Profession

Specialist Panel

Business & Property

Specialist Panel

Membership Level

Senior

Sunny's Experience

Professional Background

Having worked as a solicitor and solicitor advocate, Sunny holds an extensive background conducting complex litigation, and as such understands the difficulties solicitors face when supporting clients.

In his role as a barrister, he holds extensive expertise in the areas of credit hire, personal injury claims, and fraud and fundamental dishonesty, and carries this experience in tackling complex disputes into his mediation practice.

Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Sunny regularly conducts mediations both online and in person, resolving complex commercial and civil disputes. In particular, he can offer support in:

  • Building and Construction Disputes
  • Business and Commercial claims
  • Chancery and Property Claims (including Boundary Disputes)
  • Consumer Credit
  • Costs Disputes
  • Family Finance & Intervenor Claims
  • General trust and TOLATA claims
  • Landlord & Tenant (Commercial and Residential)
  • Medical Negligence and Personal Injury
  • Partnership Disputes
  • Professional Negligence & Dispute with Clients
  • Trust, Probate and Inheritance Act Claims
  • Workplace Mediations
Commercial Mediation

Sunny regularly conducts mediations both online and in person, resolving even the most complex commercial and civil disputes, including:

  • Business and Commercial Claims – resolving disputes between companies including premise owners, tenants and counterclaims for breach of contractual terms
  • Consumer Credit 
  • Business & Property Claims – Sunny successfully settled a circa £4 million dispute amongst family members involving numerous properties that had been purchased over decades, re-mortgaged or sold to fund future property purchases and business ventures
  • Trust, Probate and Inheritance Act Claims – saving thousands of pounds in trial costs by bringing disputes over inheritance to settlement and closure
  • Family Finance
  • TOLATA
  • Building and Construction Disputes – settling general building disputes between homeowners (inc boundary) and building firms and claims by commercial building owners, including against national suppliers
  • Professional Negligence & Dispute with Clients – concluding disputes over fees, including between solicitors and their clients with counterclaims of professional negligence
  • Medical Negligence / Personal Injury / Costs Disputes – Sunny successfully settled a dispute over the largest Bill of Costs faced by a Royal College, which would have otherwise gone to a 14-day assessment hearing

Examples

• Feb 2017 - Sunny successfully resolved a claim between a serviced office company and their tenants over unpaid service charges. The tenant made counterclaims for breach of contractual terms concerning the provision of services.

• Feb 2020 - Sunny successfully settled a claim for chattels, property and money made by a wife against her ex-husband who also happened to be her business partner.
Professional Negligence & Dispute with Clients

• Apr 2019 - Sunny was happy to resolve a dispute over fees between Solicitors and their client. Solicitors had pursued a client for £50,000 (fees and interest). The client was contesting that invoices as having been paid for the work properly done and proposing to bring a counterclaim in professional negligence along with making a compliant to the SRA. The mediation process resolved all issues.

Chancery & Property Claims

• Dec 2017 - Sunny mediated a circa £4 million business dispute amongst family members involving numerous properties that had been purchased over decades, re-mortgaged or sold to fund future property purchases and business ventures. The matter was complicated by an ongoing divorce and rival claims between mature children from a mistress against mature children from the marriage. During the mediation, Sunny also had to deal with a bone of contention that arose with one child's marrying out of caste.
Building & Construction Disputes

• Aug 2020 – Sunny helped resolved a long running dispute between a family run farm and supplier of specialist brooders for pheasants.   

• Sept 2019 - Sunny also settled a general building dispute where the homeowners pursued the building firm for various alleged breaches of contact in the part-construction and renovation of their Cotswold’s home. The building firm was counterclaiming for unpaid sums for services rendered.

• Mar 2018 – A claim was made by commercial building owners against a national window company for failure to supply and fit proper commercial-grade double-glazed windows and window housing to one of its large commercial premises. The window company was counterclaiming for the cost of supply and fitting of the windows. The claim was successfully settled. 

Charities & Religious Institution Disputes

• Dec 2016 - Sunny mediated a dispute between two competing committees of a large London Sikh Gurdwara. The mediation was attended by 40 members of the committee, and despite competing claims for management, an agreement was reached in principle on all issues in dispute. A future date for an AGM was to be fixed between solicitors.

General Trust, TOLATA & Inheritance Act Claims

• Dec 2016 – In a dispute that centered on s.1 of the Inheritance (provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975, TOLATA 1996, the mediation allowed for settlement and closure. The settlement reached saved thousands of pound in trial costs.

Medical Negligence, Personal Injury & Costs Disputes

• Dec 2018 - Sunny successfully settled a dispute over the largest Bill of Costs faced by a Royal College, which would have otherwise gone to a 14-day assessment hearing. Following a separate mediation in which liability for medical negligence was admitted, a second mediation was held to resolve issues over costs. Both parties selected Sunny for his impartially and professionalism.

• Professional Negligence & Dispute with Clients – concluding disputes over fees, including between solicitors and their clients with counterclaims of professional negligence
History
  • 8 September 2023
    Property Misrepresentation
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 1 September 2023
    Property
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 5 May 2023
    Landlord/Tenant
    Outcome: Settled
  • 8 March 2023
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 February 2023
    Building
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 25 January 2023
    Inheritance
    Outcome: Settled
  • 3 October 2022
    Building Dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • 28 September 2022
    Boundary
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • 7 July 2022
    Probate
    Outcome: Settled
  • 24 June 2022
    Boundary Dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • 10 May 2022
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 21 February 2022
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 20 July 2021
    Property
    Outcome: Settled
  • 9 March 2021
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 17 August 2020
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 10 May 2020
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 10 February 2020
    Property
    Outcome: Settled
  • 30 September 2019
    Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • 17 April 2019
    Debt
    Outcome: Settled
  • 13 December 2018
    Costs
    Outcome: Settled
  • 14 March 2018
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 1 December 2017
    TOLATA
    Outcome: Settled
  • 28 February 2017
    Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • 7 December 2016
    Religious Building Dispute
    Outcome: Partial Settlement
  • 1 December 2016
    Inheritance
    Outcome: Settled

Sunny's Testimonials

This was a very large and complex claim and Sunny handled difficult circumstances with good humour and grace.

BLM Solicitors

My client was very pleased with the process and the fact that a solution was found within the day.

HLF Berry Solicitors

 

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