Matthew Hall

Practice:

Strong emphasis on the law of real property including;

restrictive covenants
easements
proprietary estoppel / trusts of land
adverse possession

Significant proportion of practice in landlord and tenant and in particular;
forfeiture of leases
business tenancies
some residential work undertaken (in particular Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in relation to service charges)

Also advises and acts in;
wills and probate matters
negligence claims arising out of property transactions
boundary cases
private law nuisance cases

Profile:

Busy practice in all the matters referred to above and some general commercial work.

Significant Reported Cases:

Appeared in

Bradford v James [2008] EWCA Civ 837; [2008] All ER (D) 248 (Court of Appeal; determination of boundary by construction on conveyance; extrinsic evidence)

Latimer v Carney [2006] EWCA Civ 1417; [2007] 1 P & CR 213  (Court of Appeal: correct approach to assessment of damages in dilapidations claim)

Tennant v Adamczyk [2005] EWCA Civ 1239; [2006] 1 P&CR 485 (Court of Appeal: adverse possession)

Memberships:

Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education:

University:
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Languages Spoken:

Oxford (St Edmund Hall)

Law with law studies in Europe (French) First Class
1999 (Middle Temple)
Astbury Scholar
1999

French (conversational)

   

Matthew Hall

Year of Call: 1999

Specialises In:
Chancery & Commercial

Clerked by:
 Gary Young

 

 

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