Cheryl Gayer
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Solicitor
Email: cheryl.gayer@rlb-law.com
7th Floor, 85 Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1AE
Email: cheryl.gayer@rlb-law.com
‘Cheryl Gayer is great, very organised and also knowledgeable but she really makes matters tick along, she is very proactive.’ Legal 500 2020
Cheryl is a Solicitor in the Commercial Litigation team.
Cheryl advises on a broad range of contentious matters including breach of contract, media related disputes and professional discipline. She also advises on contentious probate and intellectual property (IP) litigation.
Cheryl’s clients range from individuals to private limited companies, partnerships and limited liability partnerships.
Experience
- Acting for a solicitor in an appeal against a finding of dishonesty in civil proceedings
- Defending a threatened intervention by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Advising on and preparing pre-action correspondence
- Advising clients in respect of contractual disputes
- Defending solicitors in regulatory proceedings against the SRA
- Defending clients in CPR 44.11 misconduct proceedings
- Defending clients in fraud investigations
- Issuing and managing litigation claims to trial
- Making a range of court applications including a ‘passing over’ application under s.116 Senior Courts Act and applications for injunctive relief under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Membership
Member of the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
London Young Lawyers Group (LYLG)
London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)
Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association (JLSLA)
Cheryl volunteers with the Battersea Legal Advice Clinic and assists with the running of the Solicitors’ Assistance Scheme.
- New NHSX Template Data Sharing Agreement for Healthcare Providers
11 January 2021 | Data Protection | Healthcare - Covid-19 and Wills: Government confirms Wills can be witnessed by video link
29 July 2020 | Contentious trusts and estates | Tax and private client - Covid-19 guidance for creditors: How to cure cashflow crisis
16 July 2020 | Corporate | Litigation and dispute resolution - The Dos and Don’ts of Legal Advice Privilege following Civil Aviation Authority v R (on application of Jet2.com Limited)
2 June 2020 | Litigation and dispute resolution - Online harms 3 – what do I do if I’m being harassed or bullied online?
16 April 2020 | Intellectual property and media law - Online Harms Part 2: What do I do if my privacy or confidence is breached online?
7 April 2020 | Data Protection | Intellectual property and media law - Coronavirus (Covid-19) and Commercial Contracts: Unable to perform contractual obligations? Force majeure clauses, frustration or variation could help
17 March 2020 | Corporate | Litigation and dispute resolution - Online Harms Part 1: The new regulatory framework requiring businesses to protect online users against harm
16 March 2020 | Intellectual property and media law - Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature (Part 3)
11 March 2020 | Data Protection | Intellectual property and media law - Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature – Part 2
10 March 2020 | Data Protection | Intellectual property and media law - Challenging the media on coverage of a personal nature – Part 1
9 March 2020 | Data Protection | Intellectual property and media law - Inheritance Act claims: Support for standstill agreements as Court of Appeal reverses Mostyn J’s Judgment in Cowan v Foreman
2 August 2019 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution - Congratulations and Celebrations to Sir Cliff in High Court Privacy Success
19 July 2018 | Intellectual property and media law | Litigation and dispute resolution - High Court rejects trustees’ ‘hopeless arguments’ against disclosing information to trust beneficiaries
16 May 2018 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - Orange or Orange? The importance of trade mark protection
9 March 2018 | Corporate | Intellectual property and media law - YouTube star receives substantial damages in ‘revenge porn’ litigation
2 March 2018 | Litigation and dispute resolution - Landmark judgment in support of testamentary freedom – Ilott v Blue Cross & Others
16 January 2018 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - No right to bring Inheritance Act claim on behalf of deceased claimant
16 January 2018 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - The perils of an outdated will
16 January 2018 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - Principle of mutual wills trumps widow’s 13 wills
16 January 2018 | Contentious trusts and estates | Family | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - Challenging the validity of a trade mark: Caspian Pizza v Shah
24 November 2017 | Corporate | Intellectual property and media law | Litigation and dispute resolution - Supreme Court unanimously allows the charities’ appeal in Ilott v The Blue Cross & Others
17 March 2017 | Charity | Contentious trusts and estates | Family | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client - Ten year inheritance dispute to be determined in UK Supreme Court
11 April 2016 | Contentious trusts and estates | Litigation and dispute resolution | Tax and private client