Joint head of housing Adrian Davis and property barrister Miriam Shalom appeared in the Court of Appeal in London Borough of Hackney v Yildiz. The case considers the relationship between section 83 and Ground 15A of Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1985.
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Barrister Rebecca Handcock acted for the UK Treasury and was part of its legal team in Bank Mellat v HM Treasury. The case settled on 18 June 2019. The terms of the settlement are confidential. The bank, which is partly owned by the Iranian government challenged sanctions imposed on certain institutions in the Iranian banking sector.
A team of barristers and staff took part in the London Legal Walk. They put their best foot forward alongside more than 15,000 other walkers to raise funds for free legal services across London.
The 2nd edition of Cohabitation Claims published this month by Resolution includes 2 chapters written by Christopher Stirling. Chris, whose focus areas are matrimonial finance, property and commercial law, probate and inheritance wrote one chapter of useful case studies. His other chapter gives practical guidance about issues such as Capital Gains Tax, bankruptcy, Land Registry […]
We are very sad to announce the death of Kay Jones on Sunday 7 April 2019. Kay had been a member of chambers for more than 40 years. She had been due to retire earlier this year due to ill health. John Critchley, Head of Chambers, said: “Kay was a well-known family barrister who had […]
Property barrister and sitting judge at the First Tier Tribunal Max Thorowgood, presided over a light-hearted mock tribunal trial as part of the Southampton Property Association (SPA’s) annual CPD event on 5 April. Delegates said they found the mock trial of an adverse possession case ‘interesting from a work perspective’ and ‘entertaining’. Property and public […]
Field Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Emma Godfrey, Adrian Davis and Matthew Stott have all been appointed as Deputy District Judges. Their practices will continue as usual.
Grace Cheng and Rebecca Handcock acted for the Secretary of State for Transport and assisted as part of a wider team in Eurotunnel v Secretary of State for Transport. The case settled on 1 March 2019. This was a procurement claim involving a challenge by Eurotunnel to capacity contracts awarded by the Government to DFDS, […]
Judgment was handed down today in Cowan v Foreman and ors [2019] EWHC 349 (Fam), a widow’s application to extend the 6-month time limit for a claim pursuant to section 4 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The testator settled the bulk of his estate on discretionary trusts with letters of […]
Jonathan Pennington Legh discusses the Court of Appeal case of Gibbs v Lakeside Developments [2018] EWCA Civ 2874 This second appeal concerned the narrow question: “If a possession order was liable to be set aside for non-service of the proceedings, can the tenant recover the proceeds of sale of the property on the basis of […]