Montague Palfrey

Call 1985
Email monty.palfrey@3pb.co.uk
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Monty is recommended by the Legal 500 Directory 2011 who wrote "Monty Palfrey is a contentious property barrister and is rated for his ‘persuasive advocacy skills’".

Monty Palfrey's practice encompasses most types of property work, including residential and commercial landlord and tenant, mortgages (regulated and un-regulated), easements, boundaries, trusts for sale, title disputes, and professional negligence claims relating to these areas. Other areas of expertise include Housing, actions relating to Estate Agents, and Hire Purchase of vehicles.

With a large and varied lay client base of companies, financial institutions, local authorities, housing associations, trust funds and individuals, Monty continues to appear as required before all levels of the judiciary and the various statutory tribunals and committees in order to represent their interests.

He is a member of the Property Bar Association and the London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association.

Brief career history

Having been practicing for over 20 years in contentious property work, Monty Palfrey has built up a substantial and successful 'Court' based practice with an established following in disputes involving the full ambit of commercial and private landlord and tenant matters, public housing, enfranchisement, mortgages (regulated and un-regulated), easements, boundaries, trusts for sale, title disputes, and professional negligence claims relating to these areas   His client base is wide with a hard core of repeat instructions from the various financial institutions, trust funds, local authorities, housing associations, corporate and private clients who  have instructed him over the years and continue to do so.

In addition to appearing in Court, Monty is no stranger to the LVT, the Rent Assessment Panel, Land Registry Adjudications and dealing with matters before the Lands Tribunal.

Notable Cases

Glass v McCready [2009] UKUT 136; [2010] 1 P&CR DG5 - Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
Landlord and tenant - alleged breach of covenant to insure - successful appeal against the decision of the LVT to decline jurisdiction in respect of an application under s.168(4) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 where the unpaid insurance premium was less than £500.