Jay Jagasia > Chambers of Anna Vigars KC > Bristol, England > Barrister Profile
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Guildhall Chambers
23 BROAD STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 2HG
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Jay Jagasia
Work Department
Commercial; property and estates; environment; planning.
Position
Jay is a leading commercial and chancery junior and is recognised as such in the leading directories, where he is recognised in three different practice areas in both directories. He is the head of the Property and Estates team in Chambers. His work and experience extend across all areas of commercial and property litigation and principally involves work in the Business & Property Courts and specialist property tribunals. In addition to his commercial and chancery work, Jay also a has considerable advisory and litigation experience on matters relating to environmental and energy law.
Jay has been involved in a number of leading cases, including a case ranked in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2018 (the Premier Motorauctions litigation, at first instance and in the Court of Appeal), Anderson v Sense (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) and, most recently, in the very significant test case of Adams v Options (formerly Carey) (in the Court of Appeal). He has appeared in courts and tribunals up to and including the Court of Appeal.
Jay advises on all aspects of the law of real property and trusts (particularly those with a property element). He is the head of Chambers’ leading Property, Trusts & Estates team and is separately recognised in both directories as a leading junior for his property litigation work. He was recently involved as sole counsel at first instance and as co-counsel on appeal in the significant leasehold enfranchisement case of Field and others v Freehold Properties 250 Ltd [2020] Ch 665.
Jay has litigation and advisory experience in the following key areas:
- Landlord and tenant (residential and commercial)
- Boundary disputes and adverse possession
- Easements and profits
- Restrictive covenants
- Cohabitation disputes and trusts of land
- Mortgage disputes
- Enfranchisement
- Nuisance (private and statutory)
- Pre-emption
- Highways and public rights of way
- Village greens
- Torts affecting land
- Conveyancing disputes
- Title and registration
- Trusts
- Statutory compensation claims
Career
Jay undertakes a wide variety of commercial work and has a particular interest in banking and financial services litigation. He is separately recognised in the directories as a leading junior for his commercial, professional negligence and banking and finance work, and has been involved in a number of significant cases.
Memberships
UKELA.
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School – Distinction
- LLB, University of Warwick – First Class
- HBSc (Environmental Sciences & Biology), University of Toronto
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jay Jagasia – Guildhall Chambers ‘Jay is able to quickly get to grips with complex factual situations and provide thorough and commercial advice. His drafting is detailed and powerful and he is excellent in conferences with clients. Jay’s preparation is meticulous and this shows on paper, in conferences and in court. On his feet he is fantastic and is robust in cross-examinations and detailed when dealing with intervention and submissions.’
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jay Jagasia – Guildhall Chambers ‘Jay is extremely talented. He is also a pleasure to work with and a real team player. His written advice is thorough and clear and his research and analytical skills are brilliant. His advocacy is also excellent, strong but tailored appropriately. He does not have any weaknesses.’
Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers is one of the ‘go-to‘ commercial litigation sets on the Western Circuit. Hugh Sims KC is highly sought after for his expertise – he has recently led Jay Jagasia, with ‘unparalleled knowledge of financial services and banking law‘ and Lucy Walker, with ‘sound technical expertise‘, in the high-profile case of Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc, concerning the liability under the Quincecare duty of the paying bank in respect of authorised push payment fraud. Richard Ashcroft’s broad practice includes claims involving misrepresentation and breaches of warranty, the supply of defective goods and services, and the enforcement of post-sale restrictive covenants. James Hannant tends to handle commercial work arising out of insolvency proceedings, while ‘great all-rounder‘ Stefan Ramel has a strong reputation for acting in cross-border proceedings and recently acted for the claimant in BW Legal Services v Glassdoor, who sought Norwich Pharmacal orders in respect of two anonymous reviews posted on the eponymous employer review site.
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jay Jagasia – Guildhall Chambers ‘Jay is able to quickly get to grips with complex factual situations and provide thorough and commercial advice. On his feet he is fantastic, robust in cross-examinations and detailed when dealing with intervention and submissions.’
Members of Guildhall Chambers have ‘wide-ranging expertise‘ in property and construction disputes. William Batstone is ‘an effective advocate‘ who regularly acts for landowners, farmers, and arbitrators in rural property disputes. In 2023 he acted for two farm owners in Chaplin v Morgan, which considered the proper method of terminating farm business tenancies and 1986 Act tenancies, as well as for the claimant in Williams v TG & HM Williams and Sons, which is significant for addressing the question of the correct approach to satisfaction of an equity following Guest v Guest, with the claimant having farmed a family farm for several decades in the belief he would inherit it. Jay Jagasia ‘quickly gets to grips with complex factual situations‘ – he has recently been instructed, unled, for the defendants in Henwood v Copeland & McGaws, a High Court property dispute concerning an adverse possession claim against several valuable plots of land in Cornwall. Oliver Mitchell’s property practice includes cases concerning water, sewerage, and other utility assets as well as disputes over proprietary rights and boundaries.