Mark Halliwell

Practice:

General chancery
Commercial law
Real property
Landlord and tenant law
Corporate and individual insolvency
Charities
Trusts
Probate
Administration of estates
Professional negligence
Markets and fairs
Commercial Arbitrations

Profile:

Mark is a senior junior practising in general chancery and commercial law. He specialises in five main areas, namely:
1) The law of real property (commercial, residential and agricultural), including restrictive covenants, easements, mortgages and landlord and tenant.

2) Public rights of way, commons and town or village greens. Markets and fairs.
3) Trusts, charities and unincorporated associations.
4) Probate and succession.
5) Insolvency.

Mark is the sole author of the publication of "Distribution on Intestacy" (FT Law and Tax, now Sweet and Maxwell)

Significant Work includes:

Contract and Commercial law, commercial arbitration and the law of professional negligence in the context of each of his specialist areas. Work on the interface of public law and chancery law.

Significant Reported Cases:

KSO v MJO [2009] EWHC 2152 (freezing injunctions)

Oakglade v GMPTE [Acq/79/2005] (16.9.08) (compulsory purchase, waiver by election)

Sinclair v Gavaghan [2007] EWHC 2256 (restitutionary damages)

Sugarman v Porter [2006] EWHC 331 (restrictive covenants)

Baddeley v Barker [2003] EWCA 742 (nuisance)

In Re Broadbent Deceased, The Times 27.6.01 (wills and trusts)

Inco Europe v First Choice Distribution [2000] 1 WLR 586 (statutory construction and arbitration)

Bradford & Bingley BS v Seddon [1999] 1 WLR 1482 (abuse of process)

Re Dent (A Bankrupt) [1994] 1 WLR 956 (bankruptcy)

Simmons v Dobson [1991] 1 WLR 720 (easements)

Edmunds v Stockport BC [1990] 1 PLR 1 (restrictive covenants)

Dean v Upton, The Times, May 10 1990 (conveyancing)

Recommendations:

Chambers UK 2010:
"...the kind of lawyer who has a very good effect on clients as he's very calm, very measured and inspires trust."
"...both a fine advocate and an expert on the law."

Chambers UK 2009:
"...hard working and provides a good service to clients." He succesfully defended a claim for specific performance of contract for the sale of property, and succeeded in a claim regarding title to boundaries of mixed residential and agricultural land in Shropshire.
Mark is praised for his wide-ranging property, partnership and insolvency practice, and has built a large following amongst local authorities.

Chambers UK 2008:
Mark Halliwell practises within the commercial area but is "especially strong when it comes to trust and property work." He boasts expertise in the niche area of rights of way
Mark makes his debut in Chambers' rankings following many compliments for his "learned style"

Memberships:
Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Charity Law Association
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education:
University: Degree: Year of Call: Joined Chambers: Recorder:	London School of Economics BSc (Economics) 1985 (Lincoln's Inn) Hardwicke Scholar 1986 2004

Career & Education:

University:

Degree:

Year of Call:

Joined Chambers:

Recorder:

London School of Economics
BSc (Economics)
1985 (Lincoln's Inn)

Hardwicke Scholar

1986

2004

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Mark Halliwell