Geraint Wheatley

Practice:
Member of the Chancery & Commercial Team, focusing in particular on the following areas:

Commercial Litigation:
Guarantees
Contractual claims
Sale of Goods

Property:
Easements
Restrictive covenants
Resulting & constructive trusts
Boundaries
Nuisance & land-related negligence claims

Landlord & Tenant (Commercial & Residential):
Lease renewals
Dilapidations
Possession (including forfeiture)

Profile:

Geraint practises exclusively within the chancery & commercial fields in both the High Court and County Court.  He regularly acts for institutional clients such as banks and national limited companies, as well as local authorities and individuals.  Between 2006 and 2008, Geraint was led by Paul Chaisty QC in a large commercial dispute for a multi-national pharmaceutical company.  Geraint aims to bring a practical and commercial approach to bear on all instructions.

Geraint also accepts instructions to appear in mediations.

Significant Reported Cases:
Batey v Jewson Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 18
North British Housing v Matthews [2005] 2 All ER 667 (Court of Appeal)

Memberships:

Member of the Northern Chancery Bar Association
Mermber of the Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education:

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Joined Chambers:

Oxford University, St Edmund Hall

BA Law 1st Class


Bar Vocational Course, Manchester

Very Competent

Ranked 1st in the year

 

2001 (Gray’s Inn)

Edmund-Davies Award.

2002

 

Year of Call: 2001

Specialises In:
Chancery & Commercial

Clerked by:
Harry Young

 

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