9 Park Place

Civil

Gareth specialises in chancery and commercial work.

His practice includes land law, probate and trusts, inheritance and family provision company law and insolvency, landlord and tenant and professional negligence with his property work being particularly recommended by The Legal 500. His commercial practice covers defamation, company law, insolvency, partnership disputes and property whilst his chancery caseload includes disputes both over land and contentious probate.

The Legal 500 recommends him as being "noted for his experience in boundary disputes, trespass matters and Land Registration adjudications" and previous editions have reported that "his practice includes restrictive covenants" and that he is ‘recommended for boundary disputes, adverse possession claims, and sales and trusts of land.’

Gareth has developed a thriving regulatory practice and is preferred Counsel to the Chartered Insurance Institute, the leading professional body for the global financial services profession, and he regularly advises and represents company directors in relation to Companies Act 2006 offences.

Gareth has developed a practice acting for both Claimants and Defendants in defamation claims. His significant cases include Talbot v Elsbury (2011) HC (CDR) .L.R. 2012, 19(5), 220), Law Review (C.T.L.R. 142.) concerning  a high profile use of information technology to publish defamatory remarks by politicians, on Twitter during an election campaign.

He also undertakes multi-track personal injury and clinical negligence work for both claimants and defendants..

Gareth’s Commercial & Business Disputes caseload includes:

Commercial property including rent reviews and leasehold enfranchisement Common law contractual disputes Company law including directors' duties and shareholders agreements Insolvency Landlord and tenant Partnership

Gareth's Chancery (Land) caseload includes:

Adverse possession Boundaries Easements Land Registration adjudications Nuisance Planning Restrictive covenants Sales and Trust of Land Trespass

Gareth's Chancery (Trusts & Probate) caseload includes:

Administration of estates Contentious probate Implied, constructive and resulting Trusts Inheritance Act Wills

Gareth is a member of the Wales Specialist Bar Association and the Wales Commercial Law Association and often gives seminars and training to lawyers on the Wales & Chester Circuit.

Cardiff High School Cardiff University Inns of Court School of Law, High Holborn.