Henderson Chambers

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.

Called 1986; recommended in ‘Chambers Guide’, ‘Legal Experts’ and in ‘The Lawyer’ as ‘one of the best up and coming juniors’ in the field of landlord and tenant.

French (working knowledge).

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Society of Computers and the Law; ARDL; ACI Arb.

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