5 Park Square East, Leeds, LS1 2NE
Tel: 0113 242 1123 Fax: 0113 242 1124
DX: 713113 (LEEDS PARK SQ)
36 Young Street, Manchester, M3 3FT
Tel: 0161 832 9082 Fax: 0161 835 2139
DX: 718188 (MCH 3)
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
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University: Degree:
Year of Call:
Joined Chambers: |
Oxford University, St Edmund Hall BA Law 1st Class
Very Competent Ranked 1st in the year
2001 (Gray’s Inn) Edmund-Davies Award. 2002 |