Interpreting Rights of Way
Luke Trim delivers a helpful guide on this subject – Interpreting Rights of Way – Luke Trim – YouTube
Luke Trim delivers a helpful guide on this subject – Interpreting Rights of Way – Luke Trim – YouTube
Guildford Chambers invites you to the third in our current series of webinars: Landlord and Tenant 2025 : cases you may have missed on Tuesday 2nd December at 4.30 pm Laura Smallwood will review some of this year’s landlord and tenant cases which may not have hit the legal headlines, but are nonetheless worth knowing...
This webinar will Explore the unpredictable nature of the ‘common intention’ element of constructive trusts and how some recent judgments have arrived at the answer. By Rowan Morton Please see the link to our YouTube Channel to watch this webinar – Rowan Morton Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 ToLATA series, part...
Please see the link to our YouTube channel for the first of four webinars – Translated Witness Statements: Procedures and Pitfalls – Jamie Walker- Haworth – YouTube
Dominique Gillan – ‘Dominique, who is erudite, calm, professional, and good with lay clients and judges, and regularly handles high-value financial remedy cases.’ ‘Dominique is committed to client care of the highest standard and is highly experienced in Children Act proceedings.’ Laura Smallwood – ‘Laura is very responsive, thorough in her preparation and...
By Rowan Morton HHJ Matthews sitting as a High Court Judge gave Judgment yesterday following a costs application following a split trial liability only hearing, in what he described as tragic family litigation. https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2025/1711.html Sheila Wills had 9 children, six of whom survived her. At the time of her death in April 2020 one of...
By Rowan Morton What constitutes a “subsequent agreement” to an express declaration of trust? Back in 2007 the landmark case of Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17 saw the Supreme Court establish a general rule that an express declaration of trust is conclusive unless varied by a subsequent agreement (or affected by proprietary estoppel, fraud...
Rowan Morton – TOLATA: AW v RH (Preliminary Issue: Third Party Rights), Re [2024] EWFC, when the legal title does not reflect the beneficial interest, the jurisdiction of the family court in tolata disputes. Laura Smallwood — A walk in the forfeiture jungle: The Tropical Zoo Ltd v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London...
Guildford Chambers are pleased to have a number of barristers ranked as Leading Juniors in the South Eastern Circuit, in the latest Edition of The Legal 500. George Coates – ‘George is hard-working, clever and strong in detail.’ Christine Julien – ‘Christine is client-focused and excellent with vulnerable individuals in particular. She is direct with her advocacy but...
By Rowan Morton The Claimant’s own deceit to a lender and his creation of a sham lease were not sufficient to undermine his claim for a contradictory common intention constructive trust in a family dispute between father and son in Parker v Parker-Bowyer [2024] EWHC 2239 (Ch). A recent Judgment of 5 September 2024 in...