Caroline Shea KC
Caroline is devastatingly brilliant at cross-examination and is highly skilled at the art of persuading judges, both in her oral submissions and in writing.'
With ‘a very great depth in excellent juniors and silks’, Falcon Chambers is able to provide clients with barristers of the appropriate experience level for any agricultural issue, including in its areas of increased instruction: proprietary estoppel cases and partnership agreement disputes. A notable proprietary estoppel case, in which Stephen Jourdan KC and Caroline Shea KC appeared on opposing sides, is Spencer v Spencer, where the High Court provided clarity on the offsetting of non-financial detriment by financial benefit. Edward Peters KC continued to act in the major, long-running case of Procter v Procter, a partnership and tenancy dispute over a large parcel of agricultural land, as it returned to the Court of Appeal for a second time. Jonathan Karas KC is particularly sought after for his advisory work around common land, mineral rights and planning permission. In Chipp-Marshall v Coombes, a land ownership dispute between family members raising questions of estoppel and contract, Emily Windsor acted for the claimant, seeking to clarify the law of estoppel following Guest v Guest.
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- 'John Davitt and James Clarke are have been very good indeed.'
- 'John Stannard is exceptional.'
- 'Falcon Chambers has an enormous pool of talent specialising in agricultural litigation.'
- 'Falcon Chambers are, in my view, the leading set for property litigation and have a very great depth in excellent juniors and silks.'
- 'The chambers are leading in their field and the first port of call for complex property litigation matters.'
- 'I have always found Falcon's clerks to be helpful and responsive.'
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Leading Silks
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2023 Silks
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Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
