Show options

England

Barristers

Taylor  Briggs

Taylor Briggs

Position

Taylor is a barrister specialising in all areas of property law, including all aspects of real property and both commercial and residential landlord and tenant law.

Career

In addition to her busy advisory practice, Taylor is frequently instructed to appear in the High Court, Upper Tribunal, County Court, and First-tier Tribunal. Taylor also recently appeared in the Court of Appeal as junior counsel for the successful respondent in On Tower UK Limited v AP Wireless II (UK) Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 43. 

Other notable recent cases in which Taylor has been instructed include: 

  1. Streambank plc v Rogers: Taylor acted for the successful lender in a four-day, multi-track trial of a claim to possession of a block of flats, which raised various issues relating to ss.140A-140C of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.  

  2. On Tower UK Ltd v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd [2026] UKUT 286 (LC): Taylor appeared as junior counsel for the successful operator both at first instance and on appeal. The Upper Tribunal held that there is no jurisdictional requirement that an operator must be exercising a Code right for the “statutory purposes” upon renewal.

  3. On Tower UK Ltd v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd [2026] UKUT 245 (LC): Taylor appeared as junior counsel for the operator in an appeal concerning the correct interpretation of s.106 of the Communications Act 2003. 

  4. On Tower UK Limited v AP Wireless II (UK) Limited (“Birmingham Eathorpe Close”): Taylor appeared as junior counsel for the operator in a three-day preliminary issue trial in respect of 10 rooftop telecommunications sites.

  5. Morion 1 Ltd and Morion 2 Ltd v Daly: Taylor acted for the successful landlords in a three-day, multi-track trial of a claim to possession of premises let on an assured shorthold tenancy, which raised various issues relating to disrepair, the service of notices, and principles of agency law.

  6. University of London v Harvie-Clark and others [2024] EWHC 2895 (Ch): Taylor, led by Kester Lees KC, acted for the successful Claimant. Mr Justice Thompsell granted a precautionary interim injunction restraining three named Defendants and persons unknown from undertaking various protest activities on land belonging to the University of London. 

  7. Barnard v Brandon & Others [2023] EWHC 3043 (Ch): Taylor, led by Cecily Crampin, acted for one of the successful mortgagors. Both Taylor and Cecily appeared pro bono and were instructed via Advocate. The claim arose out of an order made on a previous fraudulent misrepresentation claim and involved issues of construction of court orders, trust law, mortgagee sale to self, and sale at an undervalue.

  8. Old Street Retail Trustee (Jersey) 1 Ltd and Old Street Retail Trustee (Jersey) 2 Ltd v Argos Ltd: Taylor was led by Stephen Jourdan KC in a three-day High Court trial involving the construction of a covenant in commercial lease to use premises only for such non-food retail use within Class A1 of Use Classes Order as landlord shall approve – specifically, whether the retail tenant was permitted to sell goods both to visiting customers and those who order online for delivery elsewhere. The case settled after trial.

Taylor is a contributing editor for the books Charging Orders on Land: Law, Practice and Precedents (2nd edition, January 2024) and Land Injunctions (1st edition, June 2026). She also regularly writes articles on various topics of interest relating to property law.

Education

MA (Law) - Peterhouse, University of Cambridge (Double First Class) (2016-2019)

BCL - Brasenose College, University of Oxford (Distinction) (2019-2020) 

Bar Vocational Studies (Distinction, 3rd in year) - City, University of London (2020-2021) 

Eldon Law Scholarship (2021) and 3 Verulam Buildings BCL Scholarship (2019) - University of Oxford

College Prize (2020) - Brasenose College, University of Oxford 

Barstow Scholarship (2021) - City, University of London 

Buchanan Prize (2021) and Lord Denning Scholarship (2020) - Lincoln’s Inn 

Wilson Butler Prize for Law (2019), De Montmorency Prize in Law (2018; 2019), College Prize (2018; 2019); Senior Scholar in Law (2018; 2019), Exhibition (2017) - Peterhouse, University of Cambridge 

Mentions

Content supplied by Falcon Chambers