In October last year, after I won the Prorogation case and whilst I was litigating the Benn Act case, a dormant company which had carried out building works for me three years previously sued me for some £500,000.
The dormant company, EA Chiverton Limited, repeatedly refused to say who is funding the (considerable) costs of that litigation. Today, after releasing details of the Government's procurement practices, I received an enquiry from the Daily Mail about the litigation.
I don't know whether the litigation is politically motivated but the Claimant's conduct of the litigation, and the timing of this enquiry, are difficult to understand. The Daily Mail tells me "there is nothing odd about it."
I am winding down my paid private practice to focus purely on public interest work and resigned from Chambers some weeks back. To meet the huge costs of defending the litigation, which I believe to be without merit, I have sold the property in question.
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