Timothy Cowen > Tanfield Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile
Tanfield Chambers Offices
2-5 WARWICK COURT
LONDON
WC1R 5DJ
England
Timothy Cowen
Work Department
Overview
Position
Timothy is a real estate litigator and Judge of the Land Registration Division and the Residential Property Division of the First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber. He has particular expertise in landlord and tenant, including commercial leases, residential tenancies and leasehold enfranchisement. Other specialties include mortgage disputes, all aspects of real property, questions of title, conveyancing problems, property-related insolvency and professional negligence cases.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Timothy Cowen – Tanfield Chambers ‘His attention to detail is considerable. He is able to assimilate and convey factually complicated matters with apparent ease. An extremely strong advocate in cross examination.’
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.