We offer expert legal advice and representation with barristers who specialise in Chancery and Commercial law.
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.
Our friendly, professional Clerks’ Room is the principal port of call for anyone who would like to instruct a barrister at Ten Old Square.
Our team of clerks will advise on the expertise and availability of the barristers in Chambers and discuss the most suitable fee structures for your case. They will do this in a speedy and responsive manner, keeping you fully informed throughout the process.
Our clerks offer a very high quality service combined with a down-to-earth and collaborative approach.
If you would like to discuss a specific case, arrange a meeting or receive further information about any of our barristers, areas of expertise or about the way we work in general, please contact our clerks.
Our excellent legal services extend beyond case work to the provision of remote talks, complimentary training events and programmes to support our clients’ continuing competence requirements.
Further details about this can be found on our events page or by contacting Emily Overett.
Ten Old Square is a professional, friendly and forward-looking set.
We are renowned for delivering an outstanding level of service and welcome applications from like-minded individuals.
Ten Old Square is an award-winning set of Chancery barristers’.
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.
Property
Property Litigation
Property litigation and advice constitutes a core offering from Ten Old Square, which is listed as a Leading Set for Property Litigation in the Legal 500 2023 with Sam Laughton (Band 1), Jonathan Gavaghan (Band 4) and James Poole (Rising Star) all ranked as leading juniors.
Work undertaken ranges from ‘pure’ real estate disputes (such as rights of way, restrictive covenants, proprietary estoppel and disputes over beneficial ownership) to landlord and tenant disputes (whether commercial, agricultural or residential, and including rent review, dilapidations and leasehold enfranchisement), and through to the many disputes involving land that arise from Chambers’ other specialties such as trusts, wills, partnership and commercial/business law.
Landlord & Tenant
Our barristers have significant experience acting for both landlords and tenants in both commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters, and are ranked by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 in this area. Our clients include high street chains, property investors, local authorities, housing associations, pubcos, charities, companies, letting agencies and private individuals and families.
Our expertise includes advising and acting in matters involving:
- Possession of both commercial and residential properties (including in relation to the coronavirus legislation).
- Claims against trespassers and licensees.
- Dilapidations and disrepair.
- Licensed premises (including pubs).
- Forfeiture and relief from forfeiture.
- Unlawful eviction.
- Renewal and termination of 1954 Act tenancies.
- Leasehold enfranchisement.
- Service charges.
- Rent Act tenancies and statutory tenancies.
- Agricultural tenancies.
- Almshouses.
Manorial Rights
A particular expertise is the little-known but important area of manorial rights which has grown in significance in recent years with increasing interest in minerals exploitation and renewable energy.
All aspects of manorial rights are covered including lordship title, registration issues, valuation and probate, transmission of manors, manorial waste, foreshore and coastal manors, mineral rights, the treatment of manorial rights under the Commons Registration Act 1965 and the Commons Act 2006, and issues involving the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.
Contact our Property Clerks
Contact our experienced Clerks to find out which Property barristers would be ideal for you. They have many years of experience and will ensure that you receive a premium service and advise on the suitability, availability and cost of instructing specialist Counsel.
Call +44 (0)20 7405 0758
Email clerks@tenoldsquare.com
Property Barristers
David Schmitz
Call 1976
Paul Stafford
Call 1987
Jonathan Gavaghan
Call 1992
Samuel Laughton
Call 1993
Evan Price
Call 1997
Georgia Bedworth
Call 2001
James E. Petts
Call 2002
Philip Jenkins
Call 2003 & Accredited Mediator
Naomi Winston
Call 2006
Gideon Roseman
Call 2007
James MacDougald
Call 2011
James Egan
Call 2015
James Poole
Call 2016 & Accredited Mediator
James Kirby
Call 2017
Adam Stewart-Wallace
Call 2018
Thomas Arnull
Call 2019
Thomas James
Call 2018
Elizabeth Atkinson
Call 2021 & Accredited Mediator
Our Property Barristers’ Experience
Ten Old Square has a long and distinguished pedigree in this area. Three current judges of the Land Registration Division of the First Tier Tribunal are former members of Ten Old Square.
Our Property barristers’ lay clients include developers, investment companies, local authorities, large commercial landlords and tenants including well-known shops and restaurant chains, as well as farmers and private landowners.
Property: Frequently Asked Questions
How many members of Ten Old Square practice in Property?
A majority of members include Property as one of their specialisms, and Chambers can offer barristers at all levels of seniority, from Silk to Junior Tenant.
Do you cover all areas of Property work?
Yes, members of Ten Old Square can advise and represent clients in every possible facet of Property law. As well as the more mainstream areas listed above, we have specialists in mortgages, manorial rights, minerals, reverter of sites, and chancel repair liability.
What about professional negligence in the Property sphere?
We have great experience in representing claimants in professional negligence actions against professionals such as solicitors and surveyors arising out of property transactions and disputes.
Do you only deal in high-value disputes?
No, since we can offer barristers at all levels of call, we can assist in more modest matters as well as the high-value disputes of concern to commercial and wealthy clients.
Members of Chambers (and their clerks) pride themselves on their approachable manner, as well as their determination to provide the highest quality advice and advocacy in the Property field.
Areas of Property Expertise
- Large commercial landlord and tenant disputes
- Rent review arbitrations
- Residential landlord and tenant matters
- Dilapidations claims
- High-value leasehold enfranchisement
- Agricultural holdings and tenancies
- Proprietary estoppel
- Trusts of land
- Beneficial interest
- Rights of co-habitees
- Easements and highways
- Restrictive covenants
- Boundary disputes
- Mortgages
- Conveyancing
- Registered land
- Overage and planning agreements
- Options and rights of pre-emption
- Property-related insolvency law
- Professional negligence, particularly of solicitors and surveyors
- Town and country planning
- Compulsory purchase
- Building disputes
- Property taxation, in particular stamp duty land tax
- Manorial rights
- Mines and minerals
- Rent acts
