Midland Circuit
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is widely praised as ‘a good quality set with some excellent barristers’ at all levels of seniority, with considerable combined expertise spanning the full spectrum of property and construction work. With over 25 years of experience handling property-related work, David Taylor is known for being ‘calm and authoritative in court but personable and practical in conference’; he has recently acted in a boundary dispute as well as in relation to a claim concerning misrepresentation as to the suitability of a building for use as a hotel. David Mitchell regularly appears in High Court cases, particularly in the BPC in Birmingham. Omar Ensaff is noted for his extensive experience handling construction disputes by way of litigation, arbitration, or adjudication proceedings. His varied practice covers delay claims, defect claims, and claims for variation, among other kinds, and he is praised by clients for ‘articulating argument clearly and with precision and persuasive force’.
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Work Department
Chancery (general); private client
Position
His practice covers all Chancery areas with an emphasis on wills, trusts and probate matters, including inheritance act claims. A significant part of his practice resolves around real property, including conveyancing and boundary disputes, adverse possession and other disputes relating to title to land, trespass, possessions actions and nuisance neighbour disputes. He also regularly advises in respect of landlord and tenant (commercial and agricultural) and a solid background in soft intellectual property matters. He also undertakes general commercial litigation.
Career
Called 1995.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Midland Chancery and Commercial Bar Association.
Education
Imperial College (BSc Hons); City University (LLB Hons, First Class).
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- 'A good quality set with some excellent barristers.'
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