Jonathan Steinert

Property, landlord and tenant, professional negligence, commercial, product liability, partnership, lending, company, information technology, construction, telecoms.

Barrister dealing with property and commercial law: options, mortgages, sale of land, easements, boundary disputes, co-ownership, undue influence, nuisance, trespass, adverse possession, enforcement of covenants; landlord and tenant: disputes over commercial and residential leases, forfeiture, 1954 Act renewals, rent review, dilapidations, enfranchisement; professional negligence: claims against valuers, solicitors, insurance brokers, licensed conveyancers, surveyors, accountants, financial advisers, planners, architects and engineers; commercial law, company acquisitions (lending, contractual claims, guarantee claims, domestic and international sale of goods, consumer and partnership); other areas of practice include telecoms, information technology, product liability, construction, franchising, company, consumer credit, insurance, insolvency, probate and registration under the Care Standards Act; in addition, has particular expertise in the commercial and property aspects of the leisure industry, and in franchising disputes; noteworthy cases include: Salman v Salman [2010] EWHC 1315 (Ch) – probate, due execution, attestation, forgery; Lambe v Saunders, LTL 14/12/09 (Blake J) – planners’ professional negligence; Wellington Pub Co v Hancock [2009] 48 EG 108 – enforcement of guarantees under the judgement regulation; Rouf v Cafe Rouge [2009] All ER (D) 29 – concerning the effect of multiple disclaimers; Clarkson v Credit Agricole [2008] EWHC 41 (QB) – as to the enforcement of European mortgage debts; Anderson Antiques (UK) Ltd v Anderson Wharf (Hull) Ltd and others [2007] EWHC 2086 (Ch) – exploring statutory tort under the Land Registration Act; Carnegie v Elsword and Giessen and Others [2005] EWCA 191 [2005] ALL E RD 22 – upholding the validity of a charging order and real property denominated in a foreign currency; Stotardt v Selkent [2003] All ER (D) 315 – automatism as a defence in tort; In Re a Debtor (No 503 SD 2001) reconsideration of the law as to the substantial invalidity of statutory demands; Thames Water Facilities Plc v Snowcrest Ltd (unreported) 4 November 1999 (CA), successful appeal against refusal at first instance to strike out part of claim on the ground of abuse of process following six months’ delay in its prosecution; Ayelsbond Estates Ltd v MacMillan & Garg (No1) 32 HLR 1 (CA), the jurisdiction of the Land Valuation Tribunal; Chase Property (UK) Ltd v Barton 27 February 1996 (QBD), relief from forfeiture and waiver; Prudential Property Services Limited v Capital Land Holdings Ltd (1992) 66 P & CR 398, rent review.

Balliol College, Oxford (1983 BA Hons; 1984 DipLaw); Westminster University.