New Square Chambers

Stuart is a property specialist with more than 20 years’ experience. His practice encompasses landlord and tenant issues (relating to both residential and commercial properties) including forfeiture of leases, variation of leases, renewal of business tenancies, dilapidations and leasehold enfranchisement. Stuart also deals with a range of other real property matters including boundary disputes, adverse possession, freehold covenants and disputes as to beneficial ownership/trusts.

Clients range from private individuals to large companies.

Stuart regularly gives seminars in his practice areas and appears in a range of courts and tribunals, including the Court of Appeal, High Court and county court as well as the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and the Upper Tribunal.

Stuart is a trained mediator and has also acted as an expert in the construction of legal documents.

He accepts Public Access work.

Stuart's GDPR privacy policy is available upon request.

Called to the Bar 1995; 1995 Macaskie Award (Gray’s Inn); 1994 Prince of Wales Scholarship (Gray’s Inn); 1993 The Observer Mace (member of King’s College London team);

Stuart specialises in landlord and tenant and real property.

His landlord and tenant practice encompasses both residential and commercial properties. He has considerable experience of a range of issues such as forfeiture, renewal of business tenancies, rent reviews, service charge disputes, leasehold enfranchisement, lease variations and dilapidations. Stuart also has particular expertise relating to matters such appointment of managers (under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987) and the right to manage (under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002).

His real property practice encompasses matters such boundary disputes, adverse possession, freehold covenants, charges/mortgages, rights of way/easement, proprietary estoppel and disputes as to beneficial ownership/trusts.

Stuart specialises in landlord and tenant and real property.

His landlord and tenant practice encompasses both residential and commercial properties. He has considerable experience of a range of issues such as forfeiture, renewal of business tenancies, rent reviews, service charge disputes, leasehold enfranchisement, lease variations and dilapidations. Stuart also has particular expertise relating to matters such appointment of managers (under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987) and the right to manage (under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002).

His real property practice encompasses matters such boundary disputes, adverse possession, freehold covenants, charges/mortgages, rights of way/easement, proprietary estoppel and disputes as to beneficial ownership/trusts.

Property Bar Association.

Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course; King’s College London LLM; King’s College London LLB.