Wills & Trusts, Real Estate, Commercial, Mediation, Court of Protection
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.
Adam came to the Bar following a Philosophy degree at Cambridge University, and a brief but formative stint in sales/business in London. He is recognised as one of the leading juniors in the South West of England in all of his main practice areas. Over the years he has been described in the legal directories as “very intellectually strong”, “extremely personable” and as “one of the best advocates around”.
Recently Adam’s emphasis in practice has been on complicated property law cases, including rights of way, adverse possession, mortgage fraud, estoppels and a variety of other cases which fall loosely 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. See the cases and resources sections for more.
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. For further details in relation to his mediation practice please see his dedicated mediation webpage which can be accessed here.
Click here to connect with Adam via LinkedIn. Reported Cases
Cain v Ash & Othrs [2023] UKFTT 00492 (PC) Philpott v Bovisand Park Limited [2023] UKFTT 00325 (PC) Banks v Blount [2022] EWHC 1491 (QB) Culliford v Thorpe [2018] EWHC 426 (Ch) Davies v Davies [2016] EWCA Civ 463 Miles v The Public Guardian [2015] EWHC 2960 (Ch)