Falcon Chambers

Barrister specialising in all aspects of real property law including landlord and tenant, adverse possession, contractual interpretation, easements, land registration, options, rights of pre-emption, restrictive covenants, development and overage agreements, and leasehold enfranchisement. Recent cases include: Housing Solutions v Smith [2023] UKUT 25 (LC) (whether abuse of process, res judicata or estoppel); Fivaz v Marlborough Knightsbridge Management Ltd [2020] UKUT 138 (Ch) (whether entrance door a landlord’s fixture); Corinium Gym Ventures Ltd v Stroud Regeneration Ltd [2019] EWHC 1589 (Ch) (wrongful rescission of agreement for lease; claim for specific performance and damages; liability for costs after concessions and compromise).

Qualified 1992, Gray’s Inn; deputy adjudicator to HM Land Registry 2008; judge of the first tier tribunal (property chamber) (part-time) 2013; deputy district judge 2015. Publications: contributor to The Law and Practice of Charging Orders on Land, 2013; joint editor, ‘Barnsley’s Land Options’ 4th edition, 2005, 5th edition, 2009 and 6th edition, 2016; contributor to Fisher & Lightwood’s ‘Law Of Mortgage’, 11th edition, 2001.

Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; LCLCBA.

Christ’s Hospital; University of Bristol (1991 LLB Hons).