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St John’s Chambers has ‘a strong team of barristers specialising in property work with a wide range of experience’. The team provides a strong offering across the full range of property matters, including landlord and tenant work, development disputes, easement and boundary disputes. Charles Auld, who is considered as ’a safe pair of hands’, recently acted for the defendant in Bristol City Council v Knapp, in which the city council sent an application to ban a landlord under section 16 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Christopher Jones is heavily involved in proprietary estoppel claims involving substantial farms, easement and land ownership disputes. ‘An effective advocate’, John Sharples is ’second-to-none when it comes to land disputes’ and was involved in Kitt v Jones, an easement matter concerning a vehicular right of way over one mixed livestock farming land of the servient owner.
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Testimonials
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- 'St John's Chambers has an excellent, efficient clerks' room. Clerks go out of their way to assist. Of particular note are Paul Bennett, Paul Nuttall, Simon Lyons, Elizabeth Champion and Rob Bocock.'
- 'Rob Bocock is helpful, attentive and very responsive.'
- 'The clerks are fantastic. Simon Lyons is the best clerk in the area. He is a master of clerking and provides an attentive, responsive service, striking up instant rapport with everyone he speaks to.'
- 'Paul Bennett is very organised, approachable and reactive.'
- 'St John's Chambers is an excellent set with good commercial coverage.'
- 'St John's Chambers is a top-class set with enormous depth in land matters.'
- 'St John's Chambers is the strongest set for real estate disputes. It has a range of high-quality barristers.'
- 'St John's Chambers is an excellent set for all types of property disputes.'
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Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
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John Sharples
St John’s Chambers ‘John is the absolute best in the business, top of his game and the safest pair of hands for a complex property dispute.’
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Brittany Pearce
St John’s Chambers ‘Brittany is an exceptional advocate. She is knowledgeable, approachable and extremely good with clients.’
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Charles Auld
St John’s Chambers ‘Charles is a fiercely intelligent and effective advocate. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of land law and is a first-choice for real estate disputes.’
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Adam Boyle
St John’s Chambers ‘Adam is an excellent barrister, very knowledgeable and provides detailed, pragmatic advice.’
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Oliver Wooding
St John’s Chambers ‘Oliver is very experienced, cuts through matters to get to the heart of the issues and is very good at building a rapport with clients.’
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Daniel Soar
St John’s Chambers ‘Dan is thorough in his work and adept at thinking outside of the box to find practical solutions to complex issues.’
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Natasha Dzameh
St John’s Chambers ‘Natasha is incredibly well-prepared and knows her cases back to front. She is relatable and provides thorough advice to her clients. Her advocacy is strong, and she presents her arguments clearly and succinctly.’
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John Dickinson
St John’s Chambers ‘John is brilliant in every respect, and his attention to detail is second-to-none. He is intelligent, hard-working and approachable.’
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James Pearce-Smith
St John’s Chambers ‘James’ attention to detail on complex cases is second-to-none. His advocacy skills are excellent, particularly his ability to read the court and tailor his submissions accordingly.’