'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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Barrister practising in a range of commercial and traditional Chancery work, with a particular emphasis on property and pensions work and related professional negligence. He has a wide experience in all of chambers’ other core areas, including insolvency, company, contractual disputes, trusts, wills and probate and other private client matters, civil fraud and general commercial disputes. Recognised as ‘a strong and confident advocate who is well regarded by peers and clients’ who is ’bright, commercial, easy to work with and responsive’.
Career
Called 2008; Lincoln’s Inn. Publications: A room with a view New Law Journal Vol 160, No 7405, pp245; editor of ‘Hill and Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant’ (2014 sections on Commonhold tenure, and unfair terms in tenancy agreements); ’Butterworths Property Law Handbook’ (2013 10th Edition); ‘Quantification of release fees: principle and practice’ (2012 Development disputes: current issues for property litigators).
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Association of Pension Lawyers (Associate member); Property Bar Association; Bar Pro Bono Panel.
Education
Dulwich College; Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (2007 BA Law First Class).
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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.'