Gideon Roseman is a Commercial Chancery litigator. He advises in contentious and non-contentious partnership matters, representing both firms and LLPs as well as individual partners and members, including professional practices, such as solicitors, financial advisers and recruitment consultants and property developers. He has significant experience of high value and complex litigation in Court and arbitration. He is regularly instructed to attend mediations.
He has appeared as sole counsel in a number of successful appeals in the Court of Appeal in relation to both partnership and shareholder disputes.
He also specialises in commercial litigation, commercial fraud, insolvency, shareholders’ disputes, property litigation (domestic and international), professional negligence and wills and trust disputes.
He has particular expertise in relation to worldwide and domestic freezing orders, as well as other interlocutory prohibitory and mandatory injunctions.
He has acted in a number of committal applications, typically those arising out of breaches of freezing injunctions and ancillary disclosure orders, including appeals to the Court of Appeal.
Ranked in Band 1 in Partnership in Chambers UK 2024.
Ranked in Tier 2 in Partnership in Legal 500 2024.
Ranked in Band 4 in Commercial in Chambers UK 2024.
Property
Property Litigation (Domestic & International)
Gideon has experience of dealing with a wide variety of disputes involving land, both domestically and internationally. He is frequently instructed to provide advice and appear in court in all areas of residential and commercial property.
Reported Cases:
- Aramech Resi Ltd v Panesar [2024] EWHC 1379 (KB): Acting for the defendants in an application concerning late amendments to the Particulars of Claim shortly before a trial of a claim involving fraudulent misrepresentation in relation to the sale of a property.
- Alhilfi v Hussain [2022] All ER (D) 82 (Aug): Acting for the defendant in a successful application to resist a series of amendments to the Particulars of Claim in a dispute relating to numerous properties in England and a series of implied trusts (led by Gilead Cooper KC).
- Mustafa v Chaudhary [2022] EWHC 2831 (Ch): Acting for the successful respondent to an application for a mandatory interim injunction for the respondent to remove a legal charge from the register of a property.
- Shilabeer v Lanceley [2019] EWHC 3380 (QB) (Foster J): Successfully acting for the estate of a deceased person against the deceased’s ex-partner in relation to the beneficial ownership of the family home.
- Rahbarpoor v Brook Green (London) Associates LLP [2019] EWHC 1348 (Ch): Acting for the owner of a block of flats in relation to an attempt by third parties to fraudulently acquire ownership of the property.
- Zas Ventures v Forkner [2016] EWCA Civ 1062: Successfully acting for the respondent in an appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning an irrevocable licence to occupy property.
- Muhammad and ors v ARY Properties Limited and ors [2016] EWHC 1698 (Ch): Acting for the Claimants in a dispute involving the enforcement of a legal charge arising out of a commercial agreement entered into in Dubai.
- Acting on behalf of thousands of individuals who purchased off-plan holiday apartments in Cyprus in relation to their claims against Cypriot banks, property developers, attorneys and sales agents. The combined value of these claims runs to hundreds of millions
Recommendations
Qualifications
- Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding), BPP Law School
- LLM (First Class), Hughes Hall, Cambridge
- LLB (Hons), University of Bristol
- Inner Temple Prize for BVC performance [2007]
- Exhibitioner, Inner Temple [2005]
- Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Scholarship, Inner Temple [2005]
- M. Burnett Prize, Hughes Hall, Cambridge [2005]
- Highest First in Intellectual Property, University of Bristol [2004]
- Blackstone Press Prize, University of Bristol [2002]
Appointments
- Association of Partnership Practitioners (Sub-committee Member)
Associations & Memberships
- Association of Partnership Practitioners
- Chancery Bar Association
Publications
Speaking Engagements
Gideon has given talks to firms of solicitors and accountants (including Maurice Turnor Gardner, Fox Williams LLP, Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Smith and Williamson) on company, LLP and Partnership issues.
Gideon Roseman is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. He is regulated by The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 53971] and is fully insured with the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [2360/067] 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 984482375.
