Joe Sandercock

Practice Areas

Joe is an Associate Solicitor in the Civil Litigation Team at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP. Joe handles various types of disputes work including company director and shareholder disputes, contentious probate, commercial and residential possession matters, trusts of land and appointment of trustees, debt recovery, contractual issues of various types, professional negligence, boundary and right of way disputes, and employment law for business and for individuals.

Career

He qualified at a prominent private practice in Essex where he specialised in commercial and civil dispute resolution and went on to lead a disputes department before joining FJG in November 2020.

Personal

Joe is a member of Billericay Round Table, who are a local charity based in Billericay and raise money for good local causes from their fireworks display and santa sleigh. Joe has taken up various council member roles in Round Table since joining in 2018, including programmes officer, secretary, vice-chairman, chairman, and fireworks officer. Joe served as the fireworks officer for the 2022 fireworks display and brought the event back after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Work Highlights

Acting for a client simultaneously in County Court proceedings for injunctive relief and a damages claim arising from a land dispute and a high value partnership dispute subject to Arbitration with a leading silk acting as arbitrator.

Acting for the Defendant in proceedings in the Birmingham District Registry of the High Court for a Search Order concerning the recovery of gas cylinders from commercial premises.

Acting for the Claimant in proceedings in the Chancery Division of the High Court on a claim for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 against a member of the English aristocracy.

Acting for a commercial landlord in obtaining a favourable settlement in proceedings in the Chancery Division of the High Court for relief against forfeiture. The premises were high value premises in Shenfield, Essex.

Acting for the executor and sole residuary beneficiary in proceedings in the Chancery Division of the High Court in obtaining an Order to pronounce his late father’s Will in solemn form. The proceedings had arisen following serious allegations from the client’s brother relating to coercion and undue influence in making the Will.

Acting for a high net worth individual in an action brought against her by her former partner for the recovery of high value items and injunctive relief in Central London County Court.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

England and Wales

Languages Spoken

English

Experience

- November 2013 – September 2014 – Solicitor – Hunt and Hunt Solicitors, Romford

- October 2014 – December 2015 – Solicitor – Giles Wilson Solicitors, Leigh on Sea

- January 2016 – December 2019 – Solicitor – Leonard Gray Solicitors, Chelmsford

- January 2020 – October 2020 – Head of Dispute Resolution – Leonard Gray Solicitors, Chelmsford

- November 2020 – March 2022 – Solicitor – FJG

- April 2022 – present – Associate Solicitor - FJG