Set Profile > Tanfield Chambers > London, England
Tanfield Chambers Offices
Tanfield Chambers
2-5 WARWICK COURT
LONDON
WC1R 5DJ
England
Tanfield Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Property litigation Tier 2
At Tanfield Chambers, members provide ‘leading expertise in residential property’, including landlord and tenant, enfranchisement, and service charge disputes. Noted for its ‘good strength at the junior level’, the set is also home to a number of ‘excellent silks’ with Andrew Butler, in particular, demonstrating a particularly strong year. He recently appeared in the Supreme Court in Wells v Devani which concerned section 18 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 and also acted in the Court of Appeal case of Jones and another v Oven and another which pertained to a covenant dispute between adjoining landowners. In a boost to the set, Nicholas Isaac QC recently took silk.
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Set overviews: England and Wales
‘A top property set’, which was historically better known as a ‘tour de force for leasehold enfranchisement’, landlord and tenant, and service charges work, Tanfield Chambers’ commercial real estate experience is ‘considerable and growing’, and the set is now ‘used extensively by City firms for a broad range of property litigation’ matters. Solicitors also note that the set is ‘making a name for themselves in the right to light arena’. And when it comes to residential property instructions, ‘from silks down to the juniors, the fact they deal with residential work on a regularly basis really shows’.The ‘very collegiate set’ has members with ‘high technical standards’. ‘Their strength in depth is a real asset as they have a vast range of counsel from the junior to senior end. There is always someone that is available to take on matters.’ In recent news, Nicholas Isaac took silk in 2019. Eamonn Kelly is the set’s CEO. The senior practice managers are Alex Southern, the ‘personable and likeable’ Billy Forecast (‘has an uncanny ability to choose the right counsel for each piece of work both from a technical and budget perspective’), and Richard Powell, who ‘is a great addition to clerks’ room’. Senior practice manager Zoe Bluck has moved to The 36 Group. Offices in: London
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 | ||
| Members 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 | CONRATH, Philip (1972) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GUY, David (1972) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MONKCOM, Stephen (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STADDON, Paul (1976) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DENCER, Mark (1978) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOYD, Kerstin (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CONEY, Christopher (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHEVES, Simon (1980) | ||
| 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 | JONES, Gareth (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUTLER, Andrew (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ISAAC, Nicholas (1993) | ||
| 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 | MUIR, Nicola (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HORMAECHE, Alex (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MURPHY, Martina (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 | ROBINSON, Laura (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) |
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