St John’s Chambers

Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Court of Protection, Mediation, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, Wills & Trusts

Call : 2009

Oliver has a specialist practice that focuses on wills and trusts, and real estate matters, and the overlap between them.  He is regularly instructed as an advocate, advisor, and mediator in a wide range of disputes. Recent cases include:

• Disputes over the validity of wills

• Interpreting wills and trust documents

• Removing executors

• Claims under Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

• Authorisation of gifts and other applications in the Court of Protection

• Proprietary estoppel and cohabitee claims

• Adverse possession

• Landlord and tenant

• Rights of way

• Boundaries disputes.

He is a trained mediator and accepts direct access instructions.

• ACTAPS (Associate Member)

• STEP (Affiliate Member)

• Chancery Bar Association

• Agricultural Law Association

• Court of Protection Bar Association

• Property Bar Association

• BA (Hons) Modern History (Oxon.)

• M.St Modern History (History of the United States of America) (Oxon.)

• GDL (City)

• Exhibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxford (2003-2005)

• Scholarship from the Rhodes Trust (2003)

• Queen Mother Scholar

• Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner of Middle Temple (2007-2009)

History, rugby, cricket.