Radcliffe Chambers

Dov Ohrenstein’s practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in the fields of commercial, private client and property law. He has wide-ranging experience across all manner of chancery matters including banking, company and insolvency, partnership, trusts, wills and probate and professional negligence cases, particularly solicitors’ and accountants’ negligence. He is equally experienced in complex contractual litigation, such as sale of goods, agency, loans and employment disputes. 

Called 1995; Gray’s Inn.

Significant Cases include:Amstell v Fraser (2018); Baxendale-Walker v APL Management Ltd [2018] EWHC 543 (Ch); Cunningham v Resourceful Land Ltd [2018] EWHC 1185 (Ch);  Re FW Mason & Sons Ltd (in Liquidation) [2017] EWHC 1512 (Ch); Blindley Heath Investments Ltd v Peter Bass (2015) EWCA Civ 1023, [2014] EWHC 1366 (Ch); (Shareholder pre-emption agreement, estoppel, refusal of registration of share transfer), [2016] EWCA Civ 548 (costs, Bullock orders); Exsus Travel Ltd & Others v James Turner & Anor [2014] EWA 1331 (Directors' duties, evidential and legal burden of proof on the taking of an account, limitation periods on an account); Norwood v Nabai, ChD, LTL 27/5/2014 (Contempt of Court for breach of freezing order, custodial sentence); Hawkes & Telerate Ltd v County Leasing Asset Management & Others LTL 21/10/11 (Company Restoration and Limitation Override Order, section 1030 CA 2006); United Vending Ltd v Desai [2011] EWHC 919 QB (assignment, administration, bailment); Immingham Storage Co Ltd v Clear Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 89 (contract formation, offer and acceptance); Lui v Chong [2010] EWCA Civ 398 (assents, bare trusts, gifts, intention and beneficial interests); Basinghall Finance PLC v Butler [2009] EWCA Civ 1262 (mortgages, assignment, securitisation, privity, Consumer Credit); Summers v Kitson [2006] EWHC 3655 (Ch) (rectification of deeds of appointment); Clement Johnson v Estate of Harrington Johnson [2006] EWHC 2568, LTL 21/9/07 (wills, knowledge and approval).

Publications: ‘The Civil Court Practice 2016 (‘The Green Book), co-author of the ‘Companies’ section; Halsbury’s Laws, ‘Limitatation Period’, Co - Author of ‘Money’; ‘Butterworths Law of Limitation’, co-author of the ‘Equity’ section. Contributor to Law Society Gazette’s ‘Chancery Update’, Journal of International Business & Finance Law, New Law Journal and Commercial Litigation Journal.

Spanish.

Chancery Bar Association and Commercial Bar Association.

Wellington College; Selwyn College, Cambridge (MA).

Rowing, Quintin Boat Club.