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Chambers has extensive, collective expertise and considerable practical experience of how multiple legal disciplines often overlap when applied to the actual issues our clients face. We also offer highly skilled barristers who practice in areas that fall outside the scope of traditional Chancery law.
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Chambers contains some of the finest and brightest lawyers currently practising in all the current Chancery disciplines. Our Chambers comprises of talented barristers whose expertise meets and exceeds the demands of those who approach us needing legal representation and require expert advice of the very highest calibre.
22nd Feb 2024
David Schmitz recently appeared for the appellant in the Court of Appeal in Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority [2023] EWCA Civ 1351, which has now been reported at [2024] Pens LR 4. The case concerned the reach of a provision in the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, which deems a person’s employment to continue […]
15th Mar 2021
The Property Law Journal of Legalease has published on-line an article by David Schmitz, on whether occupiers can get out of contracts and leases for student accommodation, if they have not been able to attend university because of Covid 19 restrictions. The full article can be found here. This article was first published in Property […]
26th Apr 2019
David Schmitz, a barrister with Ten Old Square, is running the London marathon on Sunday 28th April 2019 in aid of C-Potential, formerly the London Centre for Children with cerebral palsy. The registered charity provides vital life changing learning for children and adults, running a range of activities and therapies including Conductive Education, speech and language therapy […]
7th Dec 2017
David Schmitz authors an article in December 2017’s Property Law Journal, considering how the principles in Coventry v Lawrence (No 1) [2014] on nuisance and the character of the area might best be applied. The article is a revised version of the author’s article ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ published in the Commercial Litigation Journal in June 2017. For further information […]
5th Jul 2017
In his paper entitled ‘Digging the dirt on basements’ David Schmitz highlights five key issues for building owners to consider: (1) what are the consequences at common law and in equity of any unpleasantness caused the carrying out of the necessary works of construction; (2) what are the consequences in common law and in equity where the presence of […]
