Property and chancery group

     

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Members of the Property and Chancery Group are available to undertake work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land as well as traditional Chancery law. They are able to draw from their combined wealth of experience, gained both at the bar and in some cases in other professions before joining the bar, to advise, draft documentation and appear as advocate in these areas.

Members regularly appear in all civil courts including the County Courts, the High Court . the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. They also appear in Rent Assessment Committees, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and the Lands Tribunal. Members have to appeared before the Solicitor to the Lands Registrar and continue to appear before the Adjudicator.

We are also able to offer a wide range of services with regards to Alternative Dispute Resolution, with the members acting and advising in Arbitrations and Mediations, both as advocates and in some cases as Arbitrators or Mediators.

Property-related work includes:

  • Residential Landlord and Tenant (including enfranchisement)
  • Commercial Landlord & Tennant (Including Renewals)
  • Housing (Including Homelessness & allocations)
  • Planning
  • Mortgages
  • Trespass to land
  • Adverse Possession
  • Restrictive Covenants
  • Trusts of Land
  • Easements & Profits
  • Nuisance
  • Leasehold enfranchisement
  • Contentious Conveyancing
  • The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher
  • Professional Negligence claims involving all the above

Chancery work includes:

  • Professional Negligence claims (Including claims against Solicitors)
  • Wills and Administration of Estates
  • Contentious Probate
  • Inheritance Act claims
  • Trusts
  • Charities
  • Tax.
  • Partnership Disputes

Other areas of work include:

Administrative law and planning

Group leader

Gavin Hamilton

Specialist clerk

Mark Heath, e-mail:

Members

Michael Norman
Peter Jennings
David Parry
Ian Partridge
Gavin Hamilton
Nicholas Leviseur
David Marshall
Martin Strutt
Philip Goddard
Monty Palfrey
Colin McDevitt
Lachlan Wilson
Stuart Kennedy
Louise Worton
Andrew Sheriff
Craig Ludlow
Michael Tomlinson
James Davies
Jamal Demachkie