Wolverhampton Traveller injunctions – where are we now?
Natalie Pratt recently featured in the Local Government Lawyer for her article ‘Wolverhampton Traveller injunctions – where are we now?’ In this piece, Natalie explores the developments in the law following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Wolverhampton City Council & Ors v London Gypsies and Travellers & Ors, and highlights key considerations for local authorities […]
Jessie Barnett-Cox (Pupil)
William Fitzalan Howard (Pupil)
GGF Fund Ltd v Anglian Windows Ltd & E Realisations 2020 Ltd [2025] EWHC 2397 (Ch)
The High Court has given directions as to the distribution of a surplus of approximately £4 million following the closure of the Glass and Glazing Federation’s Deposit Indemnity Fund (“the Fund”). The Court had to consider the construction of the Fund’s rules and their application in the context of various issues, including whether members who […]
Guaranteed Failure, the case of Peter Dunn and Kostas Kazolides
The case of Peter Dunn v Kostas Kazolides [2025] EWHC 2212 (Ch) addresses interesting questions about limitation periods, insolvency, the formal requirements for the execution of deeds, and how variation to the contract between the principal debtor and creditor may discharge a guarantor. Mr Dunn, a former chartered accountant and insolvency practitioner, claimed nearly £9m […]
Junior Programme: Property – 31st July 2025
In this Junior Programme: Property presented by Natalie Pratt and James Fagan, our speakers cover ‘Breaches of Restrictive Covenants’ and ‘Return to Vendor: Misrepresentation in Residential Property Conveyancing’. Breaches of Restrictive Covenants Natalie considers the remedies available for breaches of restrictive covenants, and the options available to a landowner under s84 of the Law of […]
Bishop v Jaques [2025] UKUT 141 (LC)
In a decision handed down today by the Upper Tribunal in Bishop v Jaques [2025] UKUT 141 (LC), Deputy Chamber President Martin Rodger KC considered, amongst other things, two interesting questions about boundary agreements: (1) whether they can be binding on proprietors of land and their successors in title even though the land on which […]
Planning dispute enforcement notice appeal – Tan House and Hillside Retreat
Tan House second enforcement notice appeal succeeds with a (second) costs award. By a decision letter and separate costs decision both dated 9 May 2025, planning Inspector John Braithwaite BSc(Arch) BArch(Hons) RIBA MRTPI allowed a ground B appeal, quashed the enforcement notice [alleging the making of a material change of use], and granted retrospective planning […]
Haut v Holm [2025] GCA/006
Stuart Benzie was instructed (with Michelle Ullger) to appear in the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar for the successful respondents in Haut v. Holm [2025] GCA/006. The appeal concerned the ownership of shares in a Gibraltar company that held shares in three Spanish companies that in turn owned a portfolio of properties in Spain. The […]
Rachel Lane
Throughout pupillage, Rachel gained experience across the full spectrum of Chambers’ traditional and commercial chancery work. She was supervised by Martin Ouwehand, Josh Lewison, Dawn McCambley and Nathan Wells. Before coming to the Bar, Rachel was the sole fee earner in the Private Client department of a regional law firm, where she advised on wills, […]
