Geraint Wheatley

Year of Call: 2001

Profile

Geraint practises exclusively within the chancery & commercial fields, and has particular expertise in banking, all forms of property litigation, commercial litigation (including sale of goods and general contractual claims), and professional negligence.

He regularly acts in both the High and County Courts for institutional clients such as banks and national limited companies, as well as local authorities, SMEs and individuals.  He has appeared a number of times before the Court of Appeal and the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry.

Geraint aims to bring a practical and commercial approach to bear on all instructions.

Reported Cases:
Batey v Jewson Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 18 (proper construction of an informal guarantee)

North British Housing v Matthews [2005] 2 All ER 667 (Court of Appeal gave guidance as to the court's powers in possession actions based on mandatory grounds for possession)

Other notable cases:

Doleman v Sayle: inter-relationship between apparently inconsistent provisions of the CPR as to service in the context of business tenancy lease renewals (case prompted change in the Part 56)

Black v Charlton: high-profile boundary and adverse possession dispute involving former England international footballer.

Grafton Ltd t/a Buildbase: numerous instructions to act on behalf of national builders' merchant dealing with questions arising out of its standard form guarantees.

Southern Pacific Mortgage Co v Guarino: Action before the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry dealing with the effect of a lender's inadvertent request to HMLR to remove its charge from the Register, notwithstanding that it had not been repaid.

Patel v NHBC: Claim by householder against NHBC involving consideration by the TCC of the scope of the NHBC's Buildmark policy.

Memberships:
Member of the Chancery Bar Association
Member of the Northern Chancery Bar Association
Member of the Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Member of the Northern & North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education: 

Oxford University (St Edmund Hall)
Degree: Law, 1^st Class

BVC, Manchester
Grade: Very Competent (ranked 1^st in year)

Year of Call:  2001 (Gray's Inn)
Awarded the Edmund-Davies Award by Gray's Inn