'A premier property set', Wilberforce Chambers is home to a team with extensive expertise in a wide range of property matters. Joanne Wicks KC represented the bank in Waller-Edwards v One Savings Bank plc, an appeal before the Supreme Court, involving clarification about the circumstances in which a bank is "put on inquiry" concerning whether a mortgage has been procured by undue influence in relation to joint lending. In a separate matter, multiple members of the set, including Wicks KC, Emer Murphy, Jonathan Seitler KC and Benjamin Faulkner, are appearing in the High Court in 38 Curzon Lease (Fantasio) v Curzon Cinemas and Curzon Restaurant & Bar, a high-profile dispute concerning the proposed closure of the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair. Mark Galtrey joined the set in March 2025.
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Position
Jonathan currently stands top of the pile in terms of KCs for heavy and important property litigation and property related professional negligence work.
Jonathan Seitler KC recently won the Legal 500 Award for Real Estate, Environment and Planning Silk of the Year to add to the Chambers & Partners Real Estate Silk of the Year Award which he won on three separate occasions, in 2007, 2010 and 2015. In 2019 Jonathan was ranked as the top silk for Real Estate Litigation in Who’s Who Legal.
Jonathan has accomplished these plaudits with a simple approach: his enormous success and enduring popularity has been achieved by immensely hard work, deep attention to detail, speed and decisiveness.
Career
Called 1985; Lincoln’s Inn; co-author ‘Property Finance Negligence: Claims Against Solicitors and Valuers’ (FT Law & Tax 1996); lectures for PLA, PLNA and privately in-house; co-author ’Commercial Property Disputes’; ‘Leases: Covenants and Consents’ (2009); qualified mediator.
Memberships
Property Bar Association; Professional Neligence Bar Association; Standing Conference of Mediators.
Education
Pembroke College, Oxford; City University.
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- 'Excellent set.'
- 'Clerks are brilliant, responsive and quick to provide excellent recommendations suitable for your instruction.'
- 'Wilberforce Chambers are a leading chambers in the property litigation field.'
- 'Friendly clerks, responsive and they understand the pressures of managing client expectations.'
- 'Wilberforce are always my first choice. They have some of the best silks and juniors in the real estate disputes arena.'
- 'Stuart Cameron and Danny Smillie are epic.'
- 'Wilberforce are a premier property set.'
- 'Wilberforce's depth of expertise in property related matters is second to none.'