Selborne Chambers

Henry practises in commercial chancery and property law.  His commercial chancery experience covers trusts, fraud, undue influence, fiduciary duties and professional negligence.  His property practice includes real property (sale of land, easements, boundary disputes, adverse possession), land registration, mortgages, co-ownership claims and commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes.

Henry’s recent cases include one of the Property Week “Top legal cases of 2021”, Stonecrest Marble Ltd v Shepherds Bush Housing Association Ltd [2021] EWHC 2621 (Ch), which concerned the exclusion of landlord’s liability for retained parts in a commercial lease.  He also acted for the successful landlord in Coldunnell Ltd v Hotel Management International Ltd [2022] EWHC 1290 (TCC), a substantial claim for dilapidations on the termination of a hotel lease.

Henry has appeared in the Court of Appeal in Jones v Roundlistic Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2284 (concerning the application of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 to a residential lease), Gore v Naheed [2017] EWCA Civ 369 (relating to the extent of an easement) and Rabiu v Marlbray Ltd [2016] 1 WLR 5147 (application of section 2 of the Law of Property (MP) Act 1989 to joint purchasers).  He also appeared for the successful appellant to the Supreme Court in Szepietowski v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2013] UKSC 65 (led by Romie Tager QC).

Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association (Treasurer 2019).