Evan Price

Evan Price’s extensive cross-practice knowledge has him uniquely placed to advise on matters which require a strong command of all aspects of Chancery law. He is regularly instructed to resolve matters involving broad and knotty issues that require urgent assistance.

Evan’s practice and expertise includes, litigation involving trusts and estates, property and insolvency law. He has recent and current experience of dealing with matters relating to companies and shareholders (including unfair prejudice), partnership, taxation (including SDLT) and professional negligence. He also advises families in relation to non-contentious probate matters and capital taxes.

Property

Evan is often instructed in relation to knotty problems about property. He has recent experience of cases concerning equitable interests in property, boundary disputes, restrictive covenants, and adverse possession as well as landlord and tenant matters, both residential and business tenancies.

• Sutherland House (LON/00AG/LVL/2016/0003, 10 October 2016), First Tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property): Application to vary multiple leases and application to determine reasonableness and liability to pay service charges in relation to a number of flats within the block, application to adjourn in exceptional circumstances.
• Westvilla Properties Ltd v Dow Properties Ltd [2010] EWHC 30 (Ch): Contracts, landlord and tenant, real property, certainty, contract terms, leases, mistake, parol evidence, sale of property, specific performance, void contracts, absence of plans and service charge percentage in draft lease, correction of errors by court, s.2, Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
• Johnson v Luxcool Ltd & Others [2008] EWHC 1591 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 185: Landlord and tenant, lease, validity, claimant contending creation of lease for two properties in question, whether creation of lease.
• Pinto v Lim & Anr [2005] All ER (D) 247, The Times (8th June 2005): Real property, joint tenancy, severance, first defendant transferring property into her sole name and  subsequently transferring property to second defendant, claimant claiming beneficial interest in property, claimant claiming rectification of register of title, Land Registration Act 1925, s.82(1), Land Registration Act 2002, Sch 8, 1(1)(b), balance between innocent claimant and innocent registered proprietor, exercise of discretion.
• Clements & Ors v Goodacre [2004] All ER (D) 120: Boundaries, delimitation of boundary, ownership of land, judge finding that claimants have ownership of disputed land, correctness of that decision.