Sunny Virk (Mediator Profile)

Sunny Virk (Mediator Profile)

Barrister | Mediator | Head of Credit Hire & PI Fraud (Defendant Insurance Group) National and International
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LEADING CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MEDIATOR WITH A HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN MEDIATED SETTLEMENTS

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. Having worked as a solicitor, solicitor advocate, and barrister, conducting complex litigation, Sunny understands the difficulties solicitors face and helps them get their clients the settlement they need. He has successfully resolved every mediation case he has been instructed in.

One of the leading mediators at Clerksroom, 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

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

Neal Bertram of Bertram Law: scored 10/10

Lawrence Harrison of D&N Solicitors: scored 10/10

Professional Qualifications & Memberships

  • - Recently elected to the 2022 Bar Council (Self-Employed Over 7 Years Category) for a three-year term commencing 1st January 2022
  • - Member of the Honourable Society of Grays Inn
  • - Postgraduate Degree In Professional and Legal Skills 
  • - Bar Vocational Course - Inns of Court School of Law, London
  • - Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hons) 

AREAS OF MEDIATION

• Building and Construction Disputes

• Medical Negligence / Personal Injury

• Costs Dispute

• Business and Commercial Claims

• Chancery & Property Claims (inc Boundary

• General Trust and TOLATA claims

• Probate and Inheritance Act Claims

• Professional Negligence & Dispute with Clients

• Charities and Religious Institutions Disputes

• Partnership disputes

• Company law and shareholder disputes

• Medical negligence

• Employment Disputes and Workplace mediations

• Landlord and Tenant 

 

SELECTED EXAMPLES OF MEDIATIONS

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. 

Business & Commercial Claims

• 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.

Charities and Religious Institutions 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 and 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. 
Costs Dispute| Medical Negligence

• 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.

Outside the Office

Sunny enjoys travelling. He has raised money for several charities and good causes, including running the London Marathon for Save the Rhino and summiting Mount Kilimanjaro for Zoë's Place Baby Hospice.

 

History

History
  • Date

    Nature of dispute

    Outcome

  • Property Misrepresentation
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • Property
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • Landlord/Tenant
    Outcome: Settled
  • Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • Building
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • Inheritance
    Outcome: Settled
  • Building Dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • Boundary
    Outcome: Did Not Settle
  • Probate
    Outcome: Settled
  • Boundary Dispute
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Property
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Property
    Outcome: Settled
  • Commercial
    Outcome: Settled
  • Debt
    Outcome: Settled
  • Costs
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • TOLATA
    Outcome: Settled
  • Contract
    Outcome: Settled
  • Religious Building Dispute
    Outcome: Partial Settlement
  • Inheritance
    Outcome: Settled

Insurance

Insurance
  • Insurance Provider Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund
  • Certificate Status Certificate on file
  • Expiry Date 31 March 2024
  • Level of Cover 2000000

CPD & Training

CPD & Training
  • Mediation Training Provider London School of Mediation
  • Date Qualified as Mediator 16 October 2015
  • Training Certificate Download PDF

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