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Tanfield Chambers Offices
Tanfield Chambers
Tanfield Chambers
2-5 WARWICK COURT
LONDON
WC1R 5DJ
England
Tanfield Chambers
2-5 WARWICK COURT
LONDON
WC1R 5DJ
England
Tanfield Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Agriculture
Leading Juniors
Rebecca Cattermole
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Experienced, dedicated and knowledgeable in the agricultural field.’
Property litigation Tier 2
‘By far one of the best property sets’, Tanfield Chambers is ‘consistently recognised as a leader for leasehold enfranchisement’ matters in addition to service charge matters and landlord and tenant disputes. In recent years, the set has also significantly enhanced its reputation for real property, party wall, professional negligence, sale of land, commercial property and mortgage-related disputes. Philip Rainey QC serves as head of chambers; he made yet another appearance in the Supreme Court this year, leading Ellodie Gibbons in the case of Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd. The pair successfully convinced the Supreme Court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision that their client, the landlord, has unreasonably withheld consent for a tenant’s planning application. In a further piece of flagship litigation, Andrew Butler QC appeared in the case of Jones v Owen, successfully convincing the Supreme Court to refuse an appeal for a Chancery Division and later Court of Appeal ruling that land transferred to the defendants would be governed by restrictive covenants affecting the remainder of the claimants’ land.
Leading Silks
Philip Rainey QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He is incredibly bright and able to address problems from a broad context.’
Kerry Bretherton QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘She is very thorough and looks at many different angles, handling difficult clients well.’
Andrew Butler QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He is quickly developing his silk practice.’
Christopher Heather QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘A fine academic mind yet also pragmatic and commercial in his approach.’
Timothy Polli QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Very intelligent, thrives on complex cases and issues, thinking of every possible angle.’
2019 Silks
Nicholas Isaac QC
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He is a formidable advocate and is fantastic with clients from all backgrounds - managing HNW clients particularly effectively.’
Leading Juniors
Michael Buckpitt
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Tanfield Chambers
‘An exceptional advocate who is very clear thinking, analytical and knowledgeable.’
Carl Fain - Tanfield Chambers ‘He combines first-rate technical know-how with sound commercial judgement and superb client management skills.’
James Fieldsend
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He plays the long game in complex litigation and ensures the case is set up to be water-tight from the outset.’
Marc Glover-Tanfield Chambers‘He will fight tooth and nail when others would run a mile.’
Rebecca Cattermole
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Tanfield Chambers
‘She is bright, efficient, and more confident on her feet than many of the incumbents, a serious challenger for property work.’
Daniel Dovar
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He has a good reputation.’
Amanda Gourlay
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Technically very capable and has a very detailed knowledge of this area of law.’
Mark Loveday
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Tanfield Chambers
‘He is technically very strong and experienced, enhanced by his role as a Tribunal Judge on the Southern Panel.’
Nicola Muir
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Tanfield Chambers
‘She is adept at thinking on her feet and has become a renowned barrister in the field of leasehold enfranchisement.’
Jonathan Upton
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Very knowledgeable and experienced in service charges and enfranchisement.’
Michael Walsh
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Responsive, bright, user-friendly and a tenacious advocate.’
Ellodie Gibbons
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Strong legal knowledge in subject areas, very good on feet as an advocate, blended with commercial common sense and good client relations.’
Piers Harrison
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Tanfield Chambers
‘A master of the subject and one of the top barristers practicing in this field, both a thinker and a doer.’
Social housing
Leading Juniors
Rebecca Cattermole
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Very thorough, tenacious, excellent advocate.’
Sam Madge-Wyld
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Sam is intelligent and incisive. He can absorb complex and voluminous case papers quickly and get to the heart of the matter. Clients are confident when he is at the helm and he always delivers. He has a great rapport with clients who warm to him as soon as they meet him.’
Family (including divorce and financial remedy)
Leading Juniors
Gerald Wilson
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Is insightful and clever and someone who always exercises good judgment. He is excellent at dealing with clients however demanding or challenging they are. His knowledge is wide and detailed and well beyond the confines of family law so very useful to appoint in cases which are not run of the mill.’
Kerstin Boyd - Tanfield Chambers ‘Kerstin Boyd is an excellent all round family law barrister. She has a calm approach both with judges and clients alike. She is able to understand complex material and ensure that the client's case is properly put forward either during oral or written submissions.’
Gwyn Evans
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Tanfield Chambers
‘Gwyn approaches every case as though it were the most important of his career. This leads to utter confidence and reassurance which always impresses clients. Gwyn maintains this approach in negotiations with opponents which regularly leads to successful settlement.’
Tanfield Chambers > Firm Profile
Tanfield Chambers is a specialist property set and a ‘force to be reckoned with’ in real estate litigation. Operating from its own, member-owned premises just outside Gray’s Inn, Tanfield adopts a flexible and ‘unfussy’ approach, and is committed to excellent client care. All members, from its silks to its ‘junior juniors’, pride themselves on being open, friendly and approachable, and are supported by a responsive and helpful practice management team.
Types of work undertaken: The core of Tanfield’s work is real estate litigation, including commercial landlord and tenant, mortgages and securities, contractual sale of land, development agreements, overage, agricultural law, easements, public rights of way, restrictive covenants, boundary disputes, party walls, rights of light, trusts of land, service charges, residential landlord and tenant, leasehold enfranchisement, right to manage and social housing. The work extends into professional negligence, commercial and ADR and administrative law. Under the wing of its main specialism, Tanfield has a thriving private client and matrimonial finance practice and specialists in the Court of Protection.
Members of chambers write and lecture widely on real property issues and related topics. Recent/forthcoming publications include Service Charges and Management: Law and Practice, (4th ed); The Law and Practice of Party Walls; Megarry’s Manual of the Law of Real Property (9th ed) and Residential Possession Proceedings (10th ed).
The majority of members accept direct access instructions in appropriate cases.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Chambers director | Eamonn Kelly | ||
| Head of Chambers | RAINEY QC, Philip (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MITCHELL QC, Iain (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRETHERTON QC, Kerry (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HEATHER QC, Christopher (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUTLER QC, Andrew (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | POLLI QC, Timothy (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ISAAC QC, Nicholas (2019) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GUY, David (1972) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MONKCOM, Stephen (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DENCER, Mark (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOYD, Kerstin (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JOSEPH, Charles (1980) | ||
| Members of Chambers | REID, Sebastian (1982) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BAILEY, Michael (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LOVEDAY, Mark (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BAMFORD, Christopher (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUCK, John (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUCKPITT, Michael (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MAYNARD, Christopher (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WILSON, Gerald (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALIKER, Phillip (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MACLAREN, Catriona (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GALLAGHER, Stan (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JONES, Karen (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOWKER, Robert (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DOVAR, Daniel (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FIELDSEND, James (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARRISON, Piers (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | POLLI, Timothy (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FRAME, Stuart (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MUIR, Nicola (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HORMAECHE, Alex (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARR, Adrian (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GIBBONS, Ellodie (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GLOVER, Marc (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CATTERMOLE, Rebecca (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FAIN, Carl (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MURPHY, Olivia (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARPENTER-LEITCH, Tom (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAMMOND, Tim (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GOURLAY, Amanda (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | UPTON, Jonathan (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | de CORDOVA, Gemma (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEAR, Estelle (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALSH, Michael (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EVANS, Gwyn (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JABBARI, Sara (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MADGE-WYLD, Sam (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DOLIVEUX, Diane (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALFORD, Richard (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAMERTON-STOVE, James (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRANBY, Richard (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRAY, Katie (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CUNNINGHAM, Robyn (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BEETSON, Will (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CASTLE, James (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHERIDAN, Chloe (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BLAKENEY, Edward (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAYDEN-COOK, Mitchell (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | EDMONDS, Ceri (2017) |
Lawyer Profiles
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Richard Alford | Employment; general commercial litigation; company law | View Profile |
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Phillip Aliker | His practice comprises multi-jurisdictional commercial contractual disputes for corporations and governments of… | View Profile |
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Michael Bailey | Michael qualified in 1986 and has always had a wide ranging common… | View Profile |
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Christopher Bamford | Christopher’s practice focuses on personal injury and employment, as well as gaming… | View Profile |
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Will Beetson | Having established a busy practice at another leading set, Will was recruited… | View Profile |
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Edward Blakeney | Edward joined Chambers in September 2018, having been supervised by Timothy Polli QC, Mark… | View Profile |
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Robert Bowker | Robert Bowker has nearly 20 years’ experience in property-related work. He was… | View Profile |
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Kerstin Boyd | Kerstin has three principal areas of practice: private client, clinical negligence and… | View Profile |
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Kerry Bretherton QC | Kerry’ s work Is in the field of commercial and residential property… | View Profile |
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John Buck | Junior Counsel | View Profile |
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Michael Buckpitt | Property litigation in particular: Real property – all issues concerning real property… | View Profile |
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Andrew Butler | All aspects of commercial and property litigation, with a particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Tom Carpenter-Leitch | Tom has built up a niche area of expertise within Insolvency law,… | View Profile |
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Adrian Carr | Adrian has broad experience in all aspects of landlord & tenant, real… | View Profile |
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James Castle | James Castle accepts instructions in all areas of property law, with a… | View Profile |
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Rebecca Cattermole | All aspects of commercial and residential property litigation (including agriculture and housing).… | View Profile |
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Christopher Coney | In addition to general common law and Chancery work, all areas of… | View Profile |
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Robyn Cunningham | Robyn Cunningham completed pupillage at Tanfield Chambers under the supervision of Adrian Carr, Piers… | View Profile |
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Mark Dencer | Mark Dencer is Counsel of choice for a variety of London and… | View Profile |
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Diane Doliveux | Diane joined Tanfield in September 2015 on successful completion of her pupillage.… | View Profile |
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Daniel Dovar | Specialising in real property and leasehold law with an emphasis on landlord… | View Profile |
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Ceri Edmonds | Ceri Edmonds joined Chambers in September 2019 on successful completion of her… | View Profile |
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Gwyn Evans | A member of the private client team at Tanfield Chambers, Gwyn specialises… | View Profile |
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Carl Ian Fain | Property and chancery practice with a focus on landlord and tenant. Work… | View Profile |
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James Fieldsend | Landlord and tenant (both commercial and resldential): property ownership (legal and equitable);leasehold… | View Profile |
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Stuart Frame | Stuart Frame has a Real Property practice based on neighbouring land disputes… | View Profile |
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Stan Gallagher | Practice is exclusively in the field of real property and related areas,… | View Profile |
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Ellodie Gibbons | Property litigation (including property-related professional negligence). Particular expertise in leasehold enfranchisement, right… | View Profile |
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Marc Glover | All aspects of property, commercial and company litigation. Within property, a particular… | View Profile |
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Amanda Gourlay | All areas of landlord and tenant, with particular emphasis on residential and… | View Profile |
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Richard Granby | Richard Granby’s practice encompasses all of Chambers’ core practice areas spanning the… | View Profile |
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Katie Gray | Having completed pupillage in Chambers, Katie became a junior tenant in 2014… | View Profile |
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David Guy | Every type of commercial and common law case in the High Court… | View Profile |
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James Hamerton-Stove | James has a busy practice in the full range of Chambers’ work.… | View Profile |
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Tim Mark Hammond | Property – litigation; property – landlord and tenant. | View Profile |
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Piers Harrison | Piers’s practice covers all areas of property law. He has a particular… | View Profile |
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Mitchell Hayden-Cook | Mitchell Hayden-Cook commenced his third-six pupillage at Tanfield in September 2018, having… | View Profile |
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Christopher Heather QC | Landlord and tenant (commercial, residential, and enfranchisement) real property and associated professional… | View Profile |
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Alejandra Hormaeche | View Profile | |
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Nicholas Isaac | As a property litigator with extensive experience in all aspects of property… | View Profile |
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Sara Jabbari | Sara Jabbari joined Chambers in 2011 and developed a specialist property practice… | View Profile |
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Karen Jones | As former chief legal adviser to the Country Land and Business Association… | View Profile |
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Gareth Jones | Gareth is an associate tenant at Tanfield and focuses his practice on… | View Profile |
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Charles Joseph | Commercial and business law; real property and related areas; arbitration; bankruptcy and… | View Profile |
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Estelle Lear | Estelle has experience in all areas of family law and has appeared… | View Profile |
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Mark Loveday | Property law, with a particular emphasis on enfranchisement, service charges and management,… | View Profile |
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Catriona MacLaren | Catriona’s practice divides between private client and employment law. Private Client Within… | View Profile |
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Sam Madge-Wyld | All aspects of residential and commercial landlord and tenant and real property… | View Profile |
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Christopher Maynard | Specialist advice and advocacy, principally in the field of property litigation, for… | View Profile |
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Caoimhe McKearney | Caoimhe is a property specialist. She accepts instructions across the full range… | View Profile |
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Iain Mitchell QC | Iain G Mitchell QC was called to the Scottish Bar in 1976,… | View Profile |
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Stephen Monkcom | Stephen has been included as an expert in licensing, particularly betting, gaming… | View Profile |
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Nicola Muir | All aspects of residential and commercial property litigation including landlord and tenant… | View Profile |
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Olivia Murphy | Olivia Murphy has been a specialist Family practitioner since pupillage. She has… | View Profile |
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Timothy Polli | Real property disputes concerning boundaries, adverse possession, easements and restrictive covenants (for… | View Profile |
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Philip Rainey QC | All aspects of commercial and residential property litigation (including social housing); also… | View Profile |
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Sebastian Reid | Civil common law with occasional forays into matrimonial finance and children. Main… | View Profile |
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Laura Robinson | View Profile | |
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Chloe Sheridan | Chloe Sheridan is developing a broad property and commercial practice. In March… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Upton | Jonathan specialises in property disputes. He has been recognised as a Leading… | View Profile |
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Michael Walsh | Michael’s practice encompasses all aspects of the law of property and associated… | View Profile |
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Gerald Wilson | Gerald Wilson specialises in family and property law, focusing on matrimonial finance,… | View Profile |
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Gemma de Cordova | Property litigation (commercial and residential); business and commercial; general chancery; mediation. Gemma… | View Profile |