Nigel Clayton

 

Practice:

Real Property Law - all aspects of advisory, drafting and litigation work.
Land Law (incl. Adverse Possession, Boundaries, Easements, Restrictive Covenants etc).
Title - Registered and Unregistered Conveyancing.
Mortgages and Mortgage Litigation.
Co-ownership – Constructive Trust and Proprietary Estoppel claims.
Probate/Trusts/Inheritance.
Landlord & Tenant (Residential, Business and Agricultural).
Planning, Compulsory Purchase and Compensation (incl. Lands Tribunal work).
Commons Registration and Town/Village Greens.

Profile:

Nigel practises solely in Real Property Law:

Land Law,
Landlord and Tenant,
Planning and Compensation.

He specialises in Mortgages and Mortgage Litigation, and has considerable experience of acting for banks, building societies and centralised lenders, as well as borrowers. He has appeared in several high profile cases and is the author of Mortgage Possession Actions (Sweet & Maxwell). He edits the mortgage section of the Property Law Website (www.propertylawuk.net ) and is a regular speaker for CLT on Mortgage Litigation.

See now Nigel’s new mortgage information website www.legalmortgage.co.uk    


Significant Reported Cases:  

Taylor v Crotty [2006] EWCA Civ 1364 (option to purchase, construction)

Michael v Miller [2004] EWCA Civ 282 (mortgages, mortgagees’ duties on sale)

Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd v Karasiewicz [2002] EWCA CIV 940 (mortgages, subrogation)

Maes Finance Ltd v Shriskantharaja [1998] EWCA Civ 485 (mortgages, appeals)

CIBC Mortgages Plc v Pitt [1994] 1 AC 200 HL (mortgages, undue influence)

 

Recommendations:

Legal 500 2009:
"Nigel Clayton is recommended in the field of mortgage litigation"

Legal 500 2008:
"Nigel Clayton is highly recommended for mortgage litigation"

 

Memberships:

Property Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit and North Eastern Circuit

 

Panels:

Junior Counsel to the Crown (2000)

Career & Education:

University:  

Nottingham (Trent)

Degree: 

LLB (Hons)

Year of Call: 1987 (Inner Temple)
Joined Chambers: 2002

Recorder:

2003 (Civil) 

Nigel Clayton

Year of Call: 1987 

Recorder:  2003 

Specialises In:
Property & Mortgage Litigation

Clerked by:
 Andrew Reeves

 

 

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