Christopher Heather KC > Tanfield Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

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

Position

Landlord and tenant (commercial, residential, and enfranchisement) real property and associated professional negligence. Cases include: Octagon Overseas Ltd v Coates [2017] UKUT 190 (LC) (management orders); Snowball Assets Ltd v Huntsmore House Freehold Limited [2015] UKUT 0338 (LC) (enfranchisement, development rights); Law Society v Shah [2015] 1 WLR 2094 (solicitors, discipline, jurisdiction of court); Merie Bin Mahfouz Company (UK) Ltd v Barrie House (Freehold Ltd) [2014] UKUT 0390 (LC) (collective enfranchisement, leases back, telecoms); Hauser v Howard De Walden Estates Ltd [2013] UKUT 597 (LC) (flying freeholds, enfranchisement, relativity); Rey-Ordieres v Lewisham LBC [2013] UKUT 14 (LC) (service charges, PFI); Beech v Kennerley [2012] EWCA Civ 158 (abandonment of easements); Barrie House Freehold Ltd v Merie Bin Mahfouz Company (UK) Limited [2012] EWHC Ch (enfranchisement, easements, injunctions); Hilmi Associates Limited v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Limited [2010] EWCA Civ 314 (enfranchisement, companies, notices).

Publications: 
Sub-editor of Service Charges and Management: Law and Practice.

Career

Silk 2017; Called 1995; Middle Temple Thorne Scholar; Girton College, Cambridge and Hewett Comprehensive School, Norwich.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, Property Bar Association, ALEP, Professional Negligence Bar Association.

Leisure

Running, swimming and photography.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Property litigation

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3

Christopher Heather KC –Tanfield Chambers β€˜His advocacy is first-rate, and his judgement first-class. A top notch silk held in the highest regard. A real team player – willing to make himself available when needed.’