Selborne Chambers is 'very strong in property litigation'. Nicholas Trompeter KC appeared in London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited, a longrunning dispute between the landlord, Trocadero, and its tenant, Picturehouse Cinemas, concerning the application of insurance rent; the court ruled that the landlord must repay overcharged insurance rent to the tenant. In a separate matter, Gary Blaker KC is representing the claimant in Bootle v GHL Property Management and Development Ltd & anr, a trespass and boundary dispute arising from the cutting down of a prominent number of trees, bushes and vegetation along a 120 metre boundary running between two properties in Lancashire. In March 2025 Romie Tager KC retired from practice, and Justin Kitson KC was elevated to silk.
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A chancery practitioner specialising in property law, professional negligence and property damage.
Recent cases include: Ortiz Patino v MGI Golf and Leisure Opportunities Fund Ltd [2023], High Court trial relating to the sale of the Valderrama golf course; Tejani v Fitzroy Place Residential Limited [2022] trial concerning alleged noise nuisance; Valbonne Estates Ltd v Cityvalue Estates Ltd [2022] Court of Appeal case about full and frank disclosure when seeking an injunction; In the matter of Pinnacle (Angelgate) Limited [2020] a case about a large failed development in Manchester; John Innes Foundation v Vertiv Infrastructure Ltd [2020] a successful summary judgment arising from a fire at science park; Jafari v Tareem Ltd [2019] trial and appeal concerning breach of quiet enjoyment when redeveloping a hotel in Brighton; P & P Property Limited v OWC LLP and Crownvent Ltd t/a Winkworth [2018] – the landmark Court of Appeal authority on property identity fraud; Gibbs v Lakeside Developments Ltd [2018] Court of Appeal case on forfeiture and unjust enrichment; Devere v LB Hounslow [2018] Chancery appeal regarding houseboats trespassing in Brentford; London College of Business v Tareem Ltd [2018], Chancery trial concerning the lease/licence distinction in business premises; Crown House Technologies Ltd v Cardiff Commissioning Ltd and Emerson Network Power Limited [2018], successful summary judgment in case relating to the supply of chiller units to a data centre.
Career
Called 1993 Middle Temple; QC 2015; Bencher of Middle Temple 2015, Recorder of the Crown Court 2020; Chair of the Chancery Bar Association’s Wellbeing and Social Responsibility Committee, Vice Chair of Middle Temple’s Estate Committee.
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Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Elstree; Christ’s College, Cambridge University (1992 MA Law).
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