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Lina Mattsson
Position
Lina is a specialist property practitioner who is widely recognised as an excellent trial advocate and for her common sense commercial advice. She is recommended for property work in both Chambers UK and Legal 500.
Lina practises in the full range of property disputes, including commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes, easements, restrictive covenants, adverse possession, and land registration. She has particular expertise in commercial property disputes, including development and joint venture agreements. She also acts in professional negligence claims involving property transactions.
She is regularly instructed in High Court, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), FTT Property Chamber, and County Court hearings as well as a junior to leading counsel in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. She also frequently represents clients at mediations and other forms of ADR.
Lina regularly writes “Did you miss”, the monthly update on recent case law in Gatehouse Chambers’ property team newsletter.
In her spare time Lina enjoys hiking, diving and a Sunday roast with her family and friends in the pub.
Languages
Fluent Swedish and Spanish.
Education
- LLB (European Legal Studies) Hons, Lancaster University, Lancaster, First Class (2004-2008)
- Erasmus – Socrates, University of Seville, Spain, First Class with special mention (2006-2007)
- Master of Laws, London School of Economics, London, Merit (2008-2009)
- Bar Vocational Course, College of Law, London, Very Competent (2009-2010)
- 2009 Sir Thomas More Bursary
- 2008 Hardwicke Scholarship
- 2007 – 2008 F H Lawson Prize
- 2006 – 2007 Hart Publishing Prize
- 2004 – 2005 Sweet and Maxwell Law Prize
Leisure
In her spare time Lina enjoys hiking, diving and a Sunday roast with her family and friends in the pub.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Lina Mattsson –Gatehouse Chambers ‘Lina is a fantastically confident advocate with ferocious tenacity and commitment to her clients. Lina is always very well prepared and does her very best for her clients each and every time she is instructed.’
Gatehouse Chambers features a particularly strong capability in commercial landlord and tenant matters, as leasehold disputes and other areas of real property. Brie Stevens-Hoare KC represented the successful respondents of White v Amirtharaja before the Court of Appeal; the dispute concerned the degree of intention required for an adverse possession claim, in this case concerning a passageway leading to the claimant’s property. John de Waal KC acted in Prime London Holdings 11 Ltd v Thurloe Lodge Ltd in the first and only High Court case about an access order under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992. Lina Mattsson was sole counsel before the Court of Appeal, successfully representing the defendant in Mostyn House Estate Management Co Ltd v Youde, a dispute concerning proposed maintenance work to two former listed buildings, which a management company proposed to charge to both leasehold owners and the owners of freehold properties in the same development. Morayo Fagborun Bennett was appointed a District Judge in November 2023.