Wilson Horne

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Year of Call: 1992

Wilson Horne is a barrister practising in Leeds and Manchester, and has been a member at King's Chambers since 1993. He specialises in Property Law, Commercial Law, Sports Law, and Professional Negligence.  Wilson can, inappropriate cases, work for lay clients who prefer to approach a barrister directly rather than go through a solicitor. He frequently receives instructions on a direct professional access bases.
 

COMMERCIAL LAW

Wilson's commercial work includes

• banking
• construction
• insurance
• partnership
• supply of goods and services cases
• trusts and claims in equity
• energy
• telecommunications

Much of Wilson's banking work overlaps with his property practice, particularly with reference to the enforcement of securities. This frequently includes being instructed on behalf of Law of Property Act receivers and administrators. In addition, Wilson also has extensive experience of guarantee claims.

Much of Wilson's construction work is allied to his Property work. He is frequently instructed in construction cases that have landlord and tenant /real property links. Much of Wilson's work is heard in arbitration, however frequently appears in the High Court involving enforces arbitration and adjudication awards and staying claims to arbitration.

Much of Wilson’s insurance work relates to his professional negligence work referred to below. Wilson deals with all aspects of insurance cover.

Additionally,Wilson often handles partnership disputes in Court and in arbitration. In addition handling disputes between solicitors and surveyors, Wilson has extensive experience in property development partnerships and joint ventures cases.

Wilson accepts a wide range of instructions in supply of goods and services cases. These cases can be as diverse as engineering, website and estate agent cases. Wilson has extensive experience in most areas of technical expert evidence.

Wilson handles a wide variety of other commercial claims, including claims under the Electricity Act, the Telecommunications Act, and the Estate Agents Act. In addition, Wilson frequently handles cases concerning trust claims and claims for equitable relief, and many of these claims are allied to his property work.

Significant Reported Cases

Tinseltime Limited v Roberts and others [2011] B.L.R. 515  & [2011] EWHC 1199 (TCC) -an employer was not liable in nuisance or negligence for damage caused to a neighbouring company's machinery by dust resulting from a sub-contractor's cutting of concrete blocks since that activity could not be regarded as exceptionally dangerous whatever precautions were taken

Tomlinsonv Wilson [2007]All ER (D) 17 - building contract, measure of damages and avoidance of loss in the light of the decision to demolish

Yorkshire Bank plc v Tinsley - undue influence trial - linked to appeal [2004] 3 All ER 463      

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE

Wilson undertakes professional negligence work in his practice areas referred to above, with particular emphasis on:

• solicitors (with a particular bias to conveyancing and commercial transactions)
• surveyors (including managing agents, valuation surveys and structural surveys)
• construction professionals (including structural engineers, contract administrators and quantity surveyors)
• accountants

Wilson accepts instructions on behalf of Claimants as well as insured professionals. He has extensive experience of mediation in this area of work.

Wilson deals with all aspects of insurance cover including extent and its repudiation by insurers.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Wilson undertakes advisory, advocacy and mediation work in connection with a wide range of commercial and chancery disputes including disputes based on contract, tort and equity. His practice includes a significant amount of trial work and he regularly seeks urgent interim injunctions. Much of his work is undertaken in arbitration and he has extensive experience of challenging arbitration awards in the High Court and anti-suit injunctions.  He also sits as an arbitrator in his practice areas.

Wilson has extensive experience of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry, the Agricultural Land Tribunal and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. Wilson is qualified to act as a mediator and he has extensive experience of the mediation process, and is often involved in pre-action without prejudice meetings. 

Significant Reported Cases

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority and another v Gladman Commercial Properties [2011] 18 EG 109 CS (High Court) - late admission of witness evidence during the course of trial of fraudulent misrepresentation

Harrison v Burridge [2010] EWHC 3116 (Ch) and on appeal at [2011] EWCA Civ 835 - interim third party debt orders.

Campbell-Bellv 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 

Sheffield United Football Club Ltd v West Ham United Football Club Plc [2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 167 - interim relief and the anti-suit injunction

O'Donoghuev Enterprise Inns plc [2008] All ER (D) 43 / [2009] 1 P & CR 14 - challenge of a rentreview arbitration award and the loss of the right to object   

DIRECT ACCESSWORK / DIRECT PROFESSIONAL ACCESS

Wilson is qualified to accept instructions direct from the members of the public and he has extensive experience in accepting instructions. The instructions relate to both advisory work and Court and arbitration hearings in appropriate cases.

His instructions mainly come from commercial clients that have extensive experience of the legal system and believe it more efficient to instruct Wilson directly. Wilson is happy to accept instructions on this basis in all of his chosen practice areas.

Wilson is frequently instructed on a direct professional access basis by surveyors, accountants, licensed conveyancers and planning consultants.

 

Recommendations:

ChambersUK 2011 (Chancery)

Wilson is a, “very good advocate, quite a fighter”, and “straight talking with clients”

Legal 500 2011

“Wilson Horne is recommended for commercial property matters”

Legal 500 2010:
"Wilson has a strong reputation for all types of commercial property matters"

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:
University: Called: Joined Chambers:	Leeds LLB (Hons) 13 October 1992 by Lincoln's Inn (Bursary winner 1992) 1993