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Adam Boyle
Work Department
Wills & Trusts, Real Estate, Commercial, Mediation, Court of Protection
Career
Call: 2012
Adam is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister who now practises predominantly in cases involving land and property. However, he has significant experience in the full scope of commercial and chancery work including wills, trusts & probate, court of protection, and commercial disputes.
At the beginning of his career at the Bar, Adam spent a large proportion of his time advising and assisting a hub of Welsh Authorities in relation to public procurement contracts worth circa £300,000,000. This gave him early exposure to large-scale commercially focused work.
More recently his emphasis has been on complicated property law cases, including rights of way, adverse possession, mortgage fraud and a variety of other cases which loosely fall under the real estate umbrella.
Adam is regularly instructed in complicated matters which raise difficult or esoteric points of law. He has won numerous hotly contested trials in challenging cases involving a combination of detailed facts, significant cross-examination and nuanced legal argument. His notable cases include acting in a week-long trial in a farming matter which raised both property and agricultural law issues, appearing in the Court of Appeal in the very well-known proprietary estoppel case of Davies v Davies, winning on appeal in the High Court, winning a multi-day surveyor’s negligence claim with potentially national significance, and success in the FTT on a technical right of way point. He has also published articles and case notes for a variety of sources including LexisNexis and the Law Society’s Private Client magazine.
In addition, Adam is an experienced and successful mediator having trained with the London School of Mediation nearly a decade ago and having worked pro bono as a mediator for a charity for a number of years at the beginning of his mediation practice. He now offers his mediation services both in person and remotely.
Memberships
- Agricultural Law Association
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
- Western Circuit
Education
- MA (Cantab) Cambridge University (Philosophy)
- Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction)
- Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding)
- Buchanan Prize
- New Court Chambers Prize
- Lord Denning Scholarship
- Lord Brougham Scholarship
- Hardwicke Entrance Award
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Agriculture
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Adam Boyle – St John’s Chambers ‘Adam is very thorough, knowledgeable and excellent in client conferences. He is readily available for further advice and is an excellent advocate.’
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Adam Boyle – St John’s Chambers ‘Adam is an incredibly technically astute barrister who can quickly digest complex disputes and detailed trust arrangements, providing commercial, pragmatic and sensible advice.’
St John’s Chambers is the ‘go-to set for Chancery matters’ with ‘excellent strength in depth in this field, and a very approachable team’. The team regularly assist clients with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious business and property, chancery, and tax mandates. Alex Troup KC is ‘a first-rate chancery barrister with an impressive breadth of knowledge’ and represented the defendant before the High Court in Winter v. Winter, a case concerning a claim against a deceased farmer’s assets and estate. ‘Reasonable and measured barrister’ John Dickinson appeared in Bernier v Davenport and Davenport, a claim brought under the 1975 Inheritance Act to determine the domicile of a man who died with estate in two jurisdictions. Natasha Dzameh is highly regarded for her excellent track record in advising on estate administration and commercial Chancery disputes, and garners praise for having a ‘great eye for detail and going over and beyond to give realistic and practical advice’. Oliver Wooding recently acted for the defendant’s father in a proprietary estoppel claim against his son before the High Court in Gatehouse v Gatehouse and is ‘strong and confident on his feet’. Adam Boyle is also recommended.
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Adam Boyle – St John’s Chambers ‘Adam is an excellent barrister, very knowledgeable and provides detailed, pragmatic advice.’