Wilson Horne
Practice Areas:
Practice Area CVs:
Year of Call: 1992
Practice:
Commercial property work
Commercial arbitration / litigation
Professional negligence
Sports law
Profile:
Wilson practises as a member of the chancery and commercial group in Chambers. His practice covers a wide range of contractual areas and has a litigation / arbitration bias, although he does undertake non-contentious work in his practice areas.
Wilson's property work includes securities, landlord and tenant, title disputes, overage / planning clawback, and the insolvency aspects affecting real property interests. His practice is largely based on commercial property work, and Wilson receives regular instructions from national house builders, central and local government departments, national public house landlords, and national tenant operators. He also has extensive experience of property disputes concerning agricultural and equine properties.
Wilson's commercial work includes banking, construction, employment (restraint of trade / breach of confidence), and most areas of contractual litigation / arbitration.
Wilson undertakes professional negligence work in his practice areas, with particular emphasis on solicitors, surveyors, construction professionals and accountants.
Wilson's sports law work includes litigation and FA/FAPL tribunal work for players, clubs and agents. He advises on the interpretation and effect of a wide variety of sports contracts including employment contracts. The range of sports he has undertaken work in concerns football, rugby, equine sports and gymnastics.
Much of Wilson's contractual work is heard in arbitration, and he has extensive experience of that forum in relation to all aspects of his practice. He has extensive experience of High Court challenges of arbitration awards, and he also sits as an arbitrator in his practice areas.
Significant Reported Cases :
Campbell-Bell v Enterprise Inns plc [2009] EWHC 2733 (QB) [2009] All ER (D) 50 (a rent review challenge concerning the arbitrator's choice of the top downwards valuation method in preference to the bottom upwards valuation approach)
Lambert and others v Barratt Homes Ltd (Manchester Division) and another [2009] All ER (D) 275 (nuisance and breach of a landowner's measured duty of care)
Quadrini and Acrewell Limited v Cotil Investments Limited reference 2007/0665 decision date 18 March 2009 (decision of the Land Registrar concerning unregistered interests which override registered dispositions and the application of paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 of the Land Registration Act 2002)
Sheffield United Football Club Ltd v West Ham United Football Club Plc [2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 167 (anti-suit injunction and interim relief)
O'Donoghue v Enterprise Inns plc [2008] All ER (D) 43 / [2009] 1 P & CR 14 (challenge of a rent review arbitration award and the loss of the right to object)
Tomlinson v Wilson [2007] All ER (D) 17 (building contract, measure of damages and avoidance of loss in the light of the decision to demolish)
Quadrini v Wine Cellar Ltd (t/a Booze Buster) [2006] All ER (D) 286 (land registration and overriding interest under the Land Registration Act 2002)
LT & R Vowles (Parent) Ltd v Aston and others [2005] All ER (D) 248 (express surrender and construction)
Yorkshire Bank plc v Tinsley (undue influence trial - linked to appeal [2004] 3 All ER 463)
Bolton MBC v Torkington [2004] 1 EGLR 28 / [2004] 1 P & CR 107 (delivery of deeds by a corporation and section 74 of the LPA 1925)
Kuligowski v Kenward [2003] All ER (D) 207 (construction of transfer of land and admission of expert evidence as an aid to construction)
Ministry of Defence v Country and Metropolitan plc [2002] All ER (D) 317 (overage and planning clawback)
Liverpool and Lancashire Properties Limited v B&Q plc (forfeiture action linked to report at [2001] 81 P & CR 20 re - rights of way)
Bolton MBC v Tudor Properties [2000] RVR (compulsory purchase compensation, valuation and the leisure industry)
Significant Work :
Wilson was instructed in the Football Association arbitration and associated litigation concerning the 'Carlos Tevez Affair' in relation to the assessment of damages due to Sheffield United which settled in March 2009, the associated High Court litigation, and appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Wilson was instructed in the Premier League arbitration concerning the termination of the service agreement of their former manager Alan Curbishley by West Ham United Football Club plc in 2009.
Wilson has recently (2008) advised the Ministry of Defence in relation to a multi-million pound surplus land disposal contract, with particular regard to overage and deferred consideration terms.
Wilson was part of the legal team that conducted a wholesale review of the MoD Standard Clawback Clause in conjunction with instructing solicitors in 2004/5. The new clause is now being used throughout the Ministry of Defence for any disposal of surplus land. The principles behind the clause are being applied progressively by other public sector departments.
Recommendations:
Legal 500 2009:
"Wilson is recommended for all types of commercial property matters"
Legal 500 2008:
"Wilson is highly recommended for commercial leases and surveyors professional negligence"
Legal 500 2007:
"Wilson is 'one of the few reliable property juniors in the country"
Memberships:
Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuits
| Career & Education: | |
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University: Called: Joined Chambers: |
Leeds (LLB hons) 13 October 1992 by Lincoln's Inn (Bursary winner 1992) 1993 |
Personal Information
Wilson is married to Sara and has three children. His interests away from Chambers include running and fitness, and he has just successfully completed the Toughguy 2010' race. He is a long suffering Sale Sharks fan!
