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Philip Brown
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Philip is a property and commercial lawyer with a wide ranging practice. He is ranked in the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior for Property Litigation which states that “Philip is extremely methodical, offers depth in the advice provided and adopts an astute tactical approach.”
He has extensive experience of most aspects of property law including commercial and residential landlord and tenant, enfranchisement, forfeiture, restrictive covenants, rights of way and other easements, estoppel, issues arising out of joint ownership of land, adverse possession, claims involving rectification of the Land Register, mortgages, LPA receivers and construction of covenants.
Philip also regularly deals with commercial and business disputes and applications arising out of corporate and personal insolvency.
He regularly appears in the Business and Property Courts and Queens Bench Division of the High Court , the County Court and before more specialised tribunals such as the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). He is equally adept at dealing with advisory work both contentious and non-contentious.
Philip accepts instructions through the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme in appropriate cases.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Philip Brown – Tanfield Chambers ‘A strategically strong junior.’
Tanfield Chambers has a solid track record in advising on the full range of core property disputes. Service charge disputes, enfranchisement matters, right to manage issues and cases brought under the Building Safety Act 2022 have been prominent in the team’s recent workload. Philip Rainey KC appeared in Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP v Williams, a Supreme Court case involving issues of re-apportionment of service charges, while Nicholas Isaac KC and Katie Gray appeared before the Court of Appeal in Power v Shah, a case involving a contested Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA 1996) award. In another matter, Mark Loveday appeared in Avon Ground Rents v Canary Gateway RTM, a Court of Appeal case concerning shared ownership leaseholders’ right to manage. Edward Denehan, Philip Brown and Timothy Cowen are three of twelve members who joined from 9 Stone Buildings when that set disbanded.