Mr Brynmor Adams > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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201 DEANSGATE
MANCHESTER
M3 3NW
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Mr Brynmor Adams
Work Department
Property and public law
Position
Brynmor is a property specialist. The Legal 500 describes him as “highly intelligent and astute barrister. He has superb attention to detail and gets to the nub of a matter very quickly. Clients love his no-nonsense approach”.
Brynmor combines and excellent technical grasp of property law and formidable advocacy with a pragmatic approach to dispute resolution. Clients value his strategic and commercial approach to litigation.
His practice covers all areas of property law. This ranges from real property disputes about boundaries, easements and land registration through to commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters.
He is experienced in private sector and public sector property disputes. Brynmor is a member of the B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He undertakes a variety of work for central government departments. He also acts extensively for local government and for social landlords. The directories also recognise him as a leader in the fields of public law, local government and social housing. He has particular expertise where property law issues interact with issues of public, human rights and equality law.
Brynmor is based in Manchester but practices nationwide. He is the go-to property junior on the Northern Circuit and typically appears against experienced and specialist counsel. Brynmor has experience of appearing at all levels of court and tribunal. He has appeared on numerous occasions before the Property Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal in leasehold and land registration disputes, and on appeals to the Upper Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.
Brynmor is ranked in both the leading directories. Chambers and Partners has described him as “a gentleman with great technical ability… he is also good with clients” and as “really good and has a very commercial approach.” The Legal 500 says that he is “client-focused” and “an able and unflappable advocate who demonstrates legal maturity way beyond his year of call”.
Brynmor is a committee member of the Property Bar Association and of the Manchester Business and Property Courts Property Sub-Forum. He has helped to develop the Social Housing Law Association in the North.
Career
Called 2008
Languages
French
Memberships
Property Bar Association (PBA)
Manchester BPC Property Sub-Forum
Northern Business and Property Bar Association (NBPBA)
Chancery Bar Association (ChBA)
Social Housing Law Association (SHLA)
Lincoln’s Inn European Law Group
Education
Christ Church, Oxford – MA Jurisprudence (Course II), Law with Law Studies in Europe
Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) – Certificat supérieur de droit français et européen
Before starting practice at the Bar, Brynmor was a stagiaire at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg where he drafted judgments and decisions on applications from the United Kingdom.
Lincoln’s Inn – Inns of Court School of Law Major Scholarship, Hardwicke Scholarship, Peter Duffy Human Rights Scholarship and Sunley Scholarship.
Leisure
Brynmor teaches advocacy to pupils and new practitioners for Lincoln’s Inn. He is also a mentor for the Lincoln’s Inn Pupillage Foundation Scheme.
He is secretary of his local cycle club and at weekends can be found cycling up hills in the Peak District.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Social housing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Brynmor Adams – Exchange Chambers ‘Brynmor is technically brilliant.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Brynmor Adams – Exchange Chambers ‘Brynmor has a great ability to build a relationship with clients, and he is very responsive and approachable.’
At Exchange Chambers, members have appeared before all levels of court and tribunals, and the local government and social housing offering in chambers is led by Louis Browne KC. He represented the council in the case of Warrington Borough Council v Y & Ors, which concerned the authorisation of deprivation of liberty arising from the package of care established for a claimant in ongoing personal injury proceedings following a road traffic accident that left her with life-changing injuries. On the junior side, Brynmor Adams is a notable name, and he predominately acts for local authorities across the country.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Brynmor Adams – Exchange Chambers ‘Brynmor is absolutely razor-sharp on the law, explains matters in eminently understandable terms for lay clients, and is superb on his feet. His cross-examination skills are second-to-none.’
Construction law is a key area of expertise for members at Exchange Chambers, and with several barristers boasting industry-specific qualifications, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and a Chartered Builder form part of the team. It is also highly experienced in property-related cases, covering both commercial and residential-based mandates surrounding planning, registered land, landlord and tenant disputes, and boundary issues. The set houses David Fearon and Simon Whitfield, who both possess expertise in construction and engineering disputes. Fearon is representing the defendant in Shiers v QM Developments, a case arising from allegations that a drainage system the builders installed was defective and caused the property to flood and suffer damage. Andrew Williams practices exclusively in real estate litigation, and he is acting for the claimant, who manages a large residential housing development, in Cwmni Rheoli Pentref Marina Conwy v McCarthy; this concerns the challenge of a covenant preventing the property owners from letting houses on a short-term basis to holiday-makers. Lawrence McDonald, who acts for companies, individuals, office holders, and public bodies before all court levels, and Brynmor Adams, who handles a variety of commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes, are also key members.