Gregory Hill was called to the Bar
in 1972 after studying at
Exeter College, Oxford, where he
obtained first class degrees in Jurisprudence and in the BCL. He taught
part-time at Exeter College from 1972 to 1977.
He was a Hardwick and Kennedy Scholar
of Lincoln's Inn.
He has a mixed Chancery practice,
covering property law, including land law, conveyancing and land registration;
secured lending, including documentation, priorities and enforcement; administration,
receivership and insolvency and related aspects of company law; landlord
and tenant; trusts, wills and probate.
He has contributed to Butterworths
Encyclopædia of Banking Law since 1982, editing the sections on mortgage
and debenture securities; he is co-author of Butterworths New Law Guide
to The Land Registration Act 2002; and he has contributed material on mortgages
and debentures to Banking Law Guide, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006.
He is a member of the Chancery Bar
Association, the Property Bar Association and the Society of Trust and
Estate Practitioners.
He has been one of the Conveyancing
Counsel of the Court since October 2007.
Gregorys reported cases include:
Stroude v Beazer Homes Ltd [2005]
EWCH 2686 (Ch), [2006] 2 P&CR 6 - s106 agreement; ability of one co-obliger
to perform concurrent obligations.
Stroude v Beazer Homes Ltd [2005]
EWCA Civ 265, [2005] NPC 45 - admissibility of evidence of negotiations
for abortive agreement
Patel v Shah [2005] EWCA, Civ 157.
[2005] WTLR 359 - laches
Armitage v Nurse & ors [1998]
Ch 241 - trustee exoneration clause
Macro & ors v Thompson &
ors [1997] 2 BCLC 36 - share valuation
Re Macro (Ipswich) Ltd [1994] 2
BCLC 354 - unfair prejudice; pre-emption articles
Re Exchange Travel [1993] BCLC
887 - terms of administrators' discharge
Bristol Airport v Powdrill [1990]
Ch 744 - airport charges against airline in administration
Mace Builders (Glasgow) Ltd v Lunn
[1987] Ch 191 - realisation of floating charge
Webber v Halifax BS [1985] 1 EGLR
58 - rent review
Re D (J) [1982] Ch 237 - Court
of Protection "statutory will"
Gregory
Hill is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed
by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. He is registered
with The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 13651] and is fully insured with
the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/046] to provide legal services,
please refer to the BMIF
website for full details of the world-wide cover provided. He is registered
for VAT under the reference 234263972. If you wish to contact Gregory Hill
please do so by telephone to 00 44 (0) 20 7405 0758 or by email to clerks@tenoldsquare.com
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