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Falcon Chambers

Chambers of Jonathan Gaunt QC and Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC

FALCON COURT, LONDON, EC4Y 1AA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7353 2484
Fax:
Fax 020 7353 1261
DX:
408 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.falcon-chambers.com
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Property litigation (including agriculture and housing)

Within Property litigation (including agriculture and housing), Falcon Chambers (Chambers of Jonathan Gaunt QC and Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC) is a first tier firm,

Falcon Chambers houses a ‘very strong set of barristers at all levels’, with wide-ranging expertise in both property litigation and agricultural matters. Nicholas Dowding QC is ‘quite simply at the top of the tree, combining hard work with personality and technical brilliance’. Timothy Fancourt QC offers ‘strong intellect and a very good client manner’; Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC is ‘a strong and committed advocate and the king of rent review work’; and Jonathan Gaunt QC has ‘one of the best brains in the business’. Among the juniors, Wayne Clark is ‘a very safe pair of hands’, receiving ‘top marks for client service’; Anthony Radevsky is ‘clearly the leading light on leasehold enfranchisement’; and Mark Sefton is ‘calm, methodical and brilliantly persuasive’. Also recommended are ‘the commercial and pragmatic’ Gary Cowen; Emily Windsor (‘an iron fist in a velvet glove’); and the ‘very clever and down-to-earth’ Adam Rosenthal. Edward Peters is a ‘rising star in the field’.

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