Richard Lander

Practice:

Property and commercial law
Personal and corporate insolvency
Banking law
Residential and commercial landlord and tenant law
Land law
Family provision claims
Administration of estates
Inheritance Act claims

Profile:

Richard is a member of the chancery and commercial group. He now practises in all areas of property and commercial law, conducting both advisory work and litigation.

His principal areas of work are commercial and residential landlord and tenant law, land law, banking law, personal and corporate insolvency and Inheritance Act claims.

Significant Reported Cases:

Static Control Components (Europe) Limited v Egan [2004] All ER (D) 04 (Apr) (on the interpretation of personal guarantees)

Turner v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 1057 (bankers’ duties of care in responding to customer status enquiries)

Turner v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [1999] Lloyds Rep Banking 331 (bankers duties of confidentiality)

Ross v Telford [1997] BCC 945 (calling of company meetings under section 371 of the Companies Act 1985)

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

Career & Education:
University: Degree: Awards: Year of Call: Joined Chambers:	Cambridge (Downing College) MA Hons (Law) ECS Wade Prize for Administrative Law Harris scholarship 1993 (Lincoln's Inn) Tancred and Hardwicke Scholar 1994

Career & Education:

University:

Degree:

Awards:

Year of Call:

Joined Chambers:

Cambridge (Downing College)

MA Hons (Law)

ECS Wade Prize for Administrative Law
Harris scholarship

1993 (Lincoln's Inn)

Tancred and Hardwicke Scholar

1994