Kate Selway KC
Radcliffe ChambersRadcliffe Chambers is sought after for its expertise in advising on landlord and tenant disputes, property tax litigation and contentious development matters, and is equally adept at handling enfranchisement issues. Kate Selway is representing the claimant in JIL Investments Ltd v Jesus is Lord Church Ltd, a real estate dispute over the alleged exercising of an option agreement concerning a commercial property in Hong Kong. Elsewhere in chambers, William Moffett appeared as sole counsel for the successful respondent in Avondale v Miss Delaney’s, a Court of Appeal case concerning the potential eviction of a nursery school by its commercial landlord.
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