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Guildhall Chambers remains ‘a fantastic set of chambers’ for private wealth and probate work. Michael Selway’s varied practice covers trusts disputes and will validity challenges, among other areas. He recently appeared in the landmark Court of Appeal case Winter v Winter, concerning a proprietary estoppel claim brought by two sons against their late father’s estate asserting that they had relied on to their detriment a promise of a one-third share in the Somerset strawberry farm that they had worked on for much of their lives. Oliver Mitchell has broad experience spanning will validity challenges, Inheritance Act claims, and disputes between estates and third parties.
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Commercial; property and estates.
Position
Oliver’s practice encompasses property (commercial and residential), probate and trusts and commercial work. He has extensive experience acting for corporate clients, individuals and insolvency practitioners.
Oliver appears in the High Court, County Court and First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), and has been led in the Court of Appeal and High Court. His practice involves court and tribunal work on matters ranging across the field of property and estates, as well as a broad range of advisory and drafting work.
Career
Oliver will accept instructions covering a wide range of property and trusts/estates matters, including:
- Easements and covenants
- Trusts of land and proprietary estoppel
- Nuisance
- Landlord and tenant
- Possession and sale
- Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act claims
- Interpretation of wills
- Probate claims
- Applications in relation to trustees/personal representatives and the performance of their functions.
Water & Utilities
Oliver has a particular interest in the water industry, and more generally in the law relating to utilities and utility assets. He has an understanding of the statutory underpinnings of the utility sector, including detailed knowledge of the legal framework relating to public water and sewerage assets, having worked for almost two years within the in-house legal team of a large water and sewerage undertaker prior to practising at the Bar. He is therefore particularly happy to receive instructions in matters concerning rights and obligations in respect of utility services and assets.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Court of Protection Bar Association
Education
- BVC, The College of Law, Birmingham - Very Competent
- GDL, The College of Law, Birmingham - Distinction
- LLB Hons, The College of Law, Birmingham
- MA (Oxon), University of Oxford
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