Gatehouse Chambers

Property

Steven is primarily a specialist property barrister with over 30 years' experience.

Steven has many reported cases in the House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court and Upper Tribunal with the seminal case of London Borough of Barking & Dagenham v Persons Unknown relating to the application of injunctive relief in cases involving trespass and nuisance being one of the most recent.

Steven also has a thriving successful commercial practice which has developed significantly in recent years and is reported in leading cases in the areas of Professional Negligence and Partnership Law.

Cases in which he has been involved have frequently been reported in the Legal Action Group (LAG) journal, Family Law Reporter, Times Law Reports, New Law Journal, and Family Law Cases.

Steven was formerly Chair of Governors of the secondary Jewish Free School.

Recent work  

• University of Brighton v Persons Unknown [2023] EWHC 1485
• Djurberg v Thames Properties (Hampton) [2023] EWHC 1444
• Barking and Dagenham v Persons Unknown [2022] EWCA Civ 13
• London Borough of Bromley v Persons Unknown & London Gypsies and Travellers [2020] EWCA 12
• Hillingdon London Borough Council v Persons Unknown & Others [2020] EWHC 2153
• London Borough of Sutton v (1) Persons Unknown Occupying Land and (2) Persons Unknown Depositing Waste [2018] 11 WLUK 819
• Naresh Bhatija v Lloyds TSB Bank PLC [2014] EWHC 4092 (Ch)
  A claim in negligence against a Bank for failing to honour a direct debit.
• Charlie Properties Ltd v (1) Risetall Ltd (2) Warmhaze Ltd [2014] EWHC 4057
  A claim relating to trespass over a right of way and land.
• Eastleigh Borough Council v (1) Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government (2) Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 4225 (Admin)
  An appeal against the decision of a Planning Inspector.
• Re Davie’s Application [2016] UKUT 462
• Cheema v Jones [2017] EWCA Civ 1706

Called 1989