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Raj Sahonte

Position

Raj is a chancery practitioner with a focus on real property, probate and public rights over land which include: Town & Village Greens, Rights over Commons, Highways and Wayleaves including stationing Telecommunications apparatus.

Directory acknowledgements include:

“Sensible, straightforward and smart. He knows his law.”

Chambers UK 2018

“Raj is a sound, sound chancery lawyer and a good performer.”

Chambers UK Bar, 2018

“He is extremely approachable, very user-friendly, and nothing is too much trouble for him. He always fights your corner.”

Chambers UK, 2017

Career

Called to the Bar 1987; Professional Appointments: ACIArb.

Property

Real Estate

Raj is well known in the arena of real estate litigation. He has acquired a depth of knowledge and insight having acted for landlords, tenants, developers and local authorities.

Public Rights over Land

Raj successfully has acted for landowners, developers and local authorities in challenges to and against manifold public rights over land in the Inquiry arena.

Trusts, Wills & Estates

Probate

Raj’s work in this field embraces all aspects of succession. He has acted for clients on all sides of challenges to testamentary provision.

“He is extremely approachable, very user-friendly. Nothing is too much trouble and he always fights your corner and will argue everything with the other side. He has a great deal of knowledge particularly in connection with contested probate and property litigation.”

Languages

Punjabi, Hindi & Urdu: Fluent

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association;  Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Welsh Commercial Law Association.