Joseph Navas

Approach.

Achieving positive outcomes for my clients is at the heart of the service I look to provide. The key to this is honesty. I firmly believe that if the firm can’t help a prospective client or if a solicitor is not needed or proportionate in their situation, I won’t hesitate to tell them that. However, if their position does call for a solicitor, I will always be transparent in their chances of success. I will advise them of the risks but present their case with tenacity and logic.

When people look to a solicitor, it is more than likely that they are vulnerable or need assistance with a material decision in their personal or professional life. As a result, it is imperative that they can rely upon their solicitor.

Background.

After completing my training contract at a local firm and gaining a wealth of experience, I moved to a London firm giving me experience in the corporate world. I cannot emphasise how important it was for my own professional development to have exposure to corporate clients and the technicality of the law.

Moving then to Britton and Time Solicitors, I noticed how many local solicitors failed to use the law to their advantage. The legal system can be considered a finely tuned instrument and, to achieve the best results for your client, you must know how to use each of the tools available.

Training and practising with pragmatic solicitors has given me the insight that the manner in which you present your case can be more important than the facts of the case. I chose Britton and Time Solicitors so I could work and collaborate with like-minded solicitors in a practice that provides a professional, top-tier service to each client.

Experience.

Joseph graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 and the University of Law in 2016. He was admitted as a solicitor in 2018.

Since qualification, Joseph has had exposure to various practice areas, including contract disputes, professional negligence, high net worth contentious probates, criminal law, divorce and financial disputes and employment law.

Notable cases.

2018
Upon admission as a solicitor, Joseph successfully acted in a high-value civil fraud matter, arising from the abuse of position by a director of a company. He also worked in a contentious matter where the trustee of an estate acted contrary to the self-dealing rule.

 

2019
Whilst practising pensions law, Joseph advised on the administration of schemes and acted on various contentious matters. A notable example was when Joseph acted for the trustees of a large pension scheme, successfully defending an action brought by a beneficiary that the trustees acted beyond their discretionary powers.

 

2020
He acted for a client in a professional negligence matter against the client’s former solicitor, who failed to advise appropriately concerning an application for injunctive relief. We resolved the issue quickly and at minimal cost to the client, recovering a large portion of the monies paid to the solicitors.

 

2021
His busiest year so far included multiple TOLATA claims, whereby he brought claims against individuals seeking to deny his clients’ interest in residential properties. He successfully defended high-value construction disputes in an adjudication process both on points of strict interpretation and by undermining the basis upon which the referral was made.

 

2022
Joseph has already overseen the successful defence of a sizeable constructive dismissal case and continues to act in a high court construction dispute.