Diane Doliveux > Tanfield Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Tanfield Chambers
2-5 WARWICK COURT
LONDON
WC1R 5DJ
England

Work Department

Property litigation

Position

Diane frequently appears in the County Court, including in fast-track and multi-track trials. She has a busy landlord and tenant practice acting for both claimants and defendants and dealing with diverse matters including possession, forfeiture and disrepair. Diane also has experience representing secure tenants in possession claims which have involved issues of succession, estoppel, and proportionality under the Human Rights Act.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Diane graduated from King’s College, Cambridge with a first class degree in Social and Political Sciences.

She has received a number of prizes and scholarships including the Peter Duffy Human Rights Award from Lincoln’s Inn in 2013, following receipt of which she undertook a three-month internship at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Career

Year of call: 2011

Awards include:

  • Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, Oxford – Graduate Studentship
  • Lincoln’s Inn, London – Lord Denning Scholarship and Hardwicke Entrance Award
  • King’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge – Doncaster Award

Languages

Diane is fluent in both spoken and written French.

Memberships

Member of Lawyers for Liberty and Amnesty International.

Education

  • MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
  • Bar Professional Training Course
  • Graduate Diploma in Law