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Ms Michelle Caney
Work Department
Business & Property
Position
Michelle Caney was called to the Bar in 2004 and has been consistently recommended in the legal directories since 2010, ranking in the top band in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.
As an accomplished real estate and commercial property litigator, Michelle is regularly trusted with cases of the utmost complexity. She also has extensive experience and a national reputation in the field of social housing, being a recognised leader in both fields.
Michelle is highly regarded as an advocate, both in court and on paper, and has experience of being a leading junior, as well as being led in cases across all levels of court. She has a reputation for combining exceptional technical knowledge and meticulous attention to detail with a personable approach and always striving to achieve her client’s objectives.
In addition to her property practice, Michelle has notable expertise in professional negligence claims involving a property element, along with experience concerning company and partnership disputes and mortgages and guarantees. Michelle is also adept at handling matters involving issues of fraud and forged documents, and cases in which capacity issues arise.
Current notable work includes a landmark Supreme Court appeal concerning the nature and extent of the court’s jurisdiction to grant injunctions against Persons Unknown and an appeal to the Court of Appeal which has the potential to change the law of succession. Michelle recently acted as the leading junior in group litigation arising out of the urgent evacuation of a high-rise block in London.
Memberships
Midland Chancery and Commercial Bar Association (MCCBA)
Midland Circuit Social Housing Law Association
Education
Birmingham University, LLB (Hons) Law.
Nottingham School of Law, BVC.
Ede & Ravenscroft Prize – Winner, Middle Temple Mooting Competition 2004
Mooting Tour to Malibu – Winner, Middle Temple Mooting Competition 2004
Harmsworth Scholarship – Middle Temple 2004
Blackstones Entrance Exhibition – Middle Temple 2004
Campbell Foster Prize – Middle Temple 2003
Simmons & Simmons Commercial Law Prize – Birmingham University 2003
Mistress of the Moots – Camm Cup Mooting Competition 2002
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Michelle Caney –St Philips Chambers ‘Michelle is very clear in her advice and is great at cutting to the heart of matters and dealing with emotional clients.’
St Philips Chambers is ‘an excellent set with very capable counsel’ who advise domestic and international clients on a range of property law. John Randall KC has ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of property law’ and is currently acting in Cayman Shores Development Ltd v Registrar of Lands, a high-profile property rights dispute in the Cayman Islands, while John Brennan successfully acted on behalf of a commercial development owner in GHC Global Holdings Ltd v MK Builders Merchants Ltd, a land recovery claim. The ‘thorough and authoritative’ advocate Anthony Verduyn has extensive experience of property litigation, and John Aldis specialises in boundaries disputes and adverse possession cases. Michelle Caney joined the team in August 2023.
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Social housing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Michelle Caney –St Philips Chambers ‘Michelle is an excellent all-round barrister. Her advocacy skills are second-to-none.’