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Falcon Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Agriculture Tier 1
‘The gold standard set for agricultural property disputes‘, Falcon Chambers reports an uptick in instructions involving mining and mineral rights and telecoms work as allied areas to agricultural law. In a prominent work highlight, Stephen Jourdan KC, Oliver Radley-Gardner KC and Gavin Bennison appeared before the Court of Appeal in O G Thomas Amaethyddiath v Turner & Ors, an agricultural case concerning the validity of a notice to quit subject to the protection of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986; the agricultural holding was held under a verbal tenancy. Jonathan Karas KC has been kept busy advising on rural mineral transactional work. Property litigation specialist Catherine Taskis KC is sought after for her track record in handling agricultural succession disputes, proprietary estoppel issues and contentious farming partnership matters. In March 2023 Edward Peters KC was elevated to silk.Rising stars
Leading Silks
2023 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Joanne Meah is excellent. She is straightforward in her approach and always delivers. She is efficient and effective.’
‘Falcon is a very strong set.’
‘A good calibre set.’
‘Very good – strength in numbers and expertise.’
‘The clerks room is helpful, friendly and efficient.’
‘Clerks are very helpful and professional.’
‘All the clerks are sharp, efficient and helpful.’
London Bar > Property litigation Tier 1
Specialist property set Falcon Chambers includes members who take a leading role across all aspects of commercial and residential property litigation. Silks and juniors from the set have been involved in some of the most high profile disputes in the market in regard to nuisance, rights of light, telecoms and enfranchisement. Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC and Elizabeth Fitzgerald  acted on behalf of the respondent in the Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery dispute, handling the matter all the way up to the Supreme Court – in this case the court ruled that merely overlooking a property could constitute an actionable private nuisance. Leading Nathaniel Duckworth and Gavin Bennison , Jonathan Gaunt KC successfully acted for the defendant in Valley View Health Centre v NHS Property Services Limited in a test case to determine if GP tenants are liable to pay service charges to their NHS landlords. Stephen Jourdan KC acted in the enfranchisement case Cadogan Holdings v Alberti, a matter concerning statutory evaluations. Tricia Hemans appeared before the Supreme Court in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Ashloch Ltd and another, the court’s first case concerning the Electronic Communications Code.Leading Silks
2023 Silks
2024 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘The clerks are very helpful. James Clarke and Frankie Penton deserve a special mention for delivering excellent service.’
‘The clerks at Falcon are excellent and very user-friendly across the board. Special mention to John Stannard and Jo Meah.’
‘The clerks are excellent. John Stannard is superbly helpful. Joanne Meah, John Davitt and Frankie Penton are also worth singling out for praise.’
‘Falcon Chambers is the leading set for property litigation. I regularly use them for all areas.’
‘The set as a whole is very impressive – and not so big that it has lost a personal touch.’
‘Falcon is undoubtedly a top set and has some of the best real estate litigation barristers in the UK.’
‘Falcon Chambers is an excellent set with great strength in depth across all levels. The best at property and related litigation.’
‘The clerks are responsive and approachable – keen to help and support, matching barristers to client budgets, timescale and the complexity of the problem at hand.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Telecoms Regulation
Rising stars
Leading Silks
2024 Silks
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Professional negligence
Falcon Chambers > Set Profile
Chambers specialises in litigation and advice on all aspects of the law of property and matters relating to it. Falcon Chambers is regarded as one of the leading sets for property litigation and commercial property, as well as landlord and tenant and agricultural law.
The set: Members of chambers work principally in the litigation of the many aspects of real property and property-related law, and also in advisory and drafting work in the same fields. All kinds of property are dealt with: commercial, residential, agricultural, leisure, marine, retail and other more specialised areas.
Members aim to give the same degree of commitment to clients irrespective of their identity, size or financial power. Members of chambers strive to give down-to-earth, straightforward and commercially astute legal advice to clients.
A number of members are authors or editors of leading textbooks in their specialist fields, including Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant, Megarry on the Rent Acts, Muir Watt and Moss on Agricultural Holdings, Megarry & Wade Law of Real Property, Gale on Easements, Fisher and Lightwood Law of Mortgage, The Electronic Communications Code and Property Law, Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement, Registered Land and Commonhold.
Chambers organises the Blundell Lectures every year. All members belong to the Chancery Bar Association, the Property Bar Association and the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association. Joanne Moss is a past chairman of the Agricultural Law Association. Emily Windsor is a past chair of the Young Bar and a past member of the Bar Standards Board.
Types of work undertaken: All members are expert in landlord and tenant law, including commercial property, rent review, residential landlord and tenant, and agricultural holdings, tenancies and production controls.
They also provide expertise in the more general areas of property law, including easements, restrictive covenants, mortgages, conveyancing, co-ownership and trusts of land, options, rights of pre-emption, the Telecommunications Code, mining and mineral rights.
Members are frequently instructed in cases where property rights and principles of insolvency law meet, and where claims for negligence arise against solicitors and surveyors. Some members specialise in the fields of town and country planning, compulsory purc.ase, EU competition law, and building and engineering disputes.
Chambers is frequently involved in advisory and litigious work in other jurisdictions, particularly in other common law countries in the Commonwealth.
Members of chambers appear in appeals to the Privy Council and have appeared or advised in relation to disputes in Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Brunei, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Jordan, Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak), Mauritius, Northern Ireland, the Seychelles, Singapore, Scotland and Ukraine.
Even in member’s specialist fields, a good deal of their work is concerned with contract law and statutory interpretation. Their activities in commercial property matters have given them considerable expertise in arbitration law and practice, and in work involving valuers and the principles of valuation. Chambers has strong links with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Though litigation is the core of member’s work, they have always carried out a substantial volume of advisory work. Some of this work is connected with actual or prospective litigation, but much is purely advisory.
Chambers accepts work through the Bar Council’s Licensed Access scheme in appropriate cases. Members also accept appointments as arbitrators, legal assessors or experts.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chambers director | Edith A Robertson | ||
Senior clerk | Johnathan Stannard | [email protected] | |
Joint Head of Chambers | FETHERSTONHAUGH KC, Guy (1983) | ||
Joint Head of Chambers | JOURDAN KC, Stephen (1989) | ||
Members of Chambers | GAUNT KC, Jonathan (1972) | ||
Members of Chambers | REYNOLDS KC, Kirk (1974) | ||
Members of Chambers | KARAS KC, Jonathan (1986) | ||
Members of Chambers | BIGNELL KC, Janet (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHEA KC, Caroline (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | SEFTON KC, Mark (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | TOZER KC, Stephanie (1996) | ||
Members of Chambers | COWEN KC, Gary (1990) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROSENTHAL, KC Adam (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | TASKIS KC, Catherine (1995) | ||
Member of Chambers | RADLEY-GARDNER KC, Oliver (2003) | ||
Member of Chambers | PETERS KC, Edward (1998) | ||
Members of Chambers | RADEVSKY, Anthony (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | CLARK, Wayne (1982) | ||
Members of Chambers | DENYER-GREEN, Barry (1972) | ||
Members of Chambers | LETMAN, Paul (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | DRAY, Martin (1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | WINDSOR, Emily (1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | FITZGERALD, Elizabeth (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEALEY, Greville (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | DUCKWORTH, Nathaniel (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | COX, Tamsin (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | SISSONS, Phil (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | OLLECH, Joseph (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | CHORFI, Camilla (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | CRAMPIN, Cecily (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | SUTHERLAND, Jamie (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | LEES, Kester (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | FAIRLEY, Ciara (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | BONCEY, Toby (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | HEMANS, Tricia (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | PETRENKO, Julia (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | TIPLER, James (2013) | ||
Members of Chambers | GALTREY, Mark (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | BENNISON, Gavin (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | BLAKENEY, Edward (2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | DODDS, Imogen (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROTHWELL, Thomas (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | SCHOFIELD, Fern (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | RANSON, Michael (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | BLACK, Daniel (2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHAH, Kavish (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | RAJAH, Ashpen (2020) | ||
Members of Chambers | BRIGGS, Taylor (2021) | ||
Marketing Executive | Renee Graham |
Barrister Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Daniel Black | Barrister specialising in property litigation, real property, landlord and tenant, commercial property. | View Profile | |
Wayne Clark | Barrister specialising in business tenancies and electronic communications law. | View Profile | |
Gary Cowen | Barrister specialising in property litigation, including commercial property and residential landlord and… | View Profile | |
Tamsin Cox | Commercial and residential landlord and tenant; real property and related areas including… | View Profile | |
Barry Denyer-Green | Barrister specialising in landlord and tenant; easements and restrictive covenants, compulsory purchase… | View Profile | |
Imogen Dodds | Imogen’s practice covers all areas of real property and landlord and tenant… | View Profile | |
Dr Ciara Fairley | Barrister specialises in all aspects of commercial and residential landlord and tenant… | View Profile | |
Guy Fetherstonhaugh | Barrister specialising in landlord and tenant and all aspects of real property… | View Profile | |
Elizabeth Fitzgerald | Barrister specialising in commercial property litigation and disputes relating to development land,… | View Profile | |
Mark Galtrey | View Profile | ||
Jonathan Gaunt | Barrister specialising in commercial and residential property; landlord and tenant; easements; mines… | View Profile | |
Greville Healey | Real property and landlord and tenant law. | View Profile | |
Jonathan Karas | Barrister specialising in all aspects of land law and use (including planning,… | View Profile | |
Kester Lees KC | All aspects of landlord and tenant, real property and property-related insolvency. | View Profile | |
Paul Letman | Paul’s practice is entirely property based, with four main specialisms: (1) leasehold… | View Profile | |
Richard Miller | Barrister | View Profile | |
Oliver Radley-Gardner | Barrister specialising in all aspects of real estate litigation. Recommended in legal… | View Profile | |
Adam Rosenthal | Barrister specialising in all aspects of property-related litigation, including landlord and tenant… | View Profile | |
Mark Sefton | Barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial and residential landlord and tenant… | View Profile | |
Caroline Shea | Barrister specialising in Property Litigation, Landlord & Tenant, Agricultural Law and Rural… | View Profile | |
Phil Sissons | All areas of landlord and tenant, and real property. | View Profile | |
Jamie Sutherland | Barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial, residential and agricultural landlord and… | View Profile | |
Catherine Taskis | Barrister specialising in all apsects of real property law including landlord and… | View Profile | |
Emily Windsor | Barrister specialising in all aspects of real property law including commercial property,… | View Profile |
Barristers Clerk Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Joanne Meah | First Junior Clerk | View Profile | |
Johnathan Stannard | Senior Clerk | View Profile |
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