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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Justin is widely recognised as a leading barrister in chancery and commercial litigation. He handles complex property, commercial, insolvency, partnership, company, shareholder and private client disputes, together with related professional negligence actions. His clients include public bodies, banks, retailers, investment funds, landlords, developers, shareholders, directors, office holders as well as high-net-worth individuals. He accepts offshore instructions and is a fully qualified arbitrator.
Justin appears regularly in the Upper Tribunal, Business & Property Courts and Court of Appeal. In 2022, he successfully argued an appeal before the Supreme Court concerning property rights and the statutory interpretation of the Digital Economy Act 2017.
Justin has been ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Guide as a leading London barrister in several practice areas. Recent editions remark on him handling “some of the most complex cases,” having “an unparalleled eye for detail”, and being “very good at getting to the heart of the issues and plotting a course through particularly thorny matters”. He is recommended as “a formidable trial barrister”, “devastatingly effective”, and “very charming.”
In 1998 and 1999, Justin was the recipient of the prestigious David Karmel and Prince of Wales Scholarships from Gray’s Inn. He is a former chairman of the Young Bar, sits on the Chancery Bar’s committee, and a member of the Property and Professional Negligence Bar Associations, Yorkshire Pro-Bono and R3 (Insolvency).
Career
King’s Counsel: 2025.
Called by Gray’s Inn 2000 (Prince of Wales Scholar).
Elected member of the General Council of the Bar 2004-06. Chairman of the Young Bar 2005.
Languages
English, German
Memberships
Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (Fellow).
Chancery Bar Association.
Property Bar Association.
Professional Negligence Bar Association.
R3 (Insolvency).
Education
MA(Hons)
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