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Jonathan Pennington Legh represented the successful applicant, resisting set aside and permission to appeal in residential property proceedings. The respondent sought to challenge the decision on the grounds that he lacked capacity. The Tribunal refused both the application to set aside and the second respondent’s request for permission to appeal.

Jonathan Pennington Legh defended the successful local authority landowner in an application for adverse possession in the First Tier Property Tribunal concerning a patch of land next to a caravan site used by travellers.

Jonathan Pennington Legh represented a successful group of residents on the same street who sued another resident for encroaching onto a passage between houses over which, they say, they have a right of way. The court considered the potential impact of adverse possession on the existence of an easement.

Jonathan Pennington Legh acted for the successful claimants in a dispute between immediate and adjoining neighbours in terraced housing. The defendant was accused of destroying property and interfering with an easement (a right of way at the back of the properties). The case raised questions about the location of boundaries at the front and the back of the properties as well as the existence and the extent of the easement (right of way) at the rear. On behalf of his clients, Jonathan was successful in getting the defence struck out for the defendant’s numerous procedural failings.

A 12-person team of our barristers and staff will take part in the 10km London Legal Walk in one week's time. They will walk with more than 5,000 other lawyers to raise funds for free legal services across London and the South East that help some of the most vulnerable members of society.

The ban on hearings to determine evictions of social and privately rented residential accommodation is to last until the end of August.

Jonathan Pennington Legh will be one of the presenters in the Social Housing Law Association's disrepair webinar on Thursday 21 May.

Field Court Chambers is delighted to announce that 8 members of Chambers have been listed in the Legal 500 2017 edition. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients for their support during the past year with a special thank you to all those who participated in the feedback process. […]