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Property and construction

Charles Auld

Charles Auld

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St John’s Chambers remains the ‘go-to set in Bristol’ for property litigation and is recognised as being ’able to compete with most London sets’ in this field. Brittany Pearce’s varied experience spans boundary disputes and adverse possession claims as well as claims concerning restrictive covenants and easements. Charles Auld recently acted for the respondent in McDonagh v Reeve, a High Court case concerning an application to demolish an existing house in Sandbanks and to build a larger replacement house on the land, which was subject to a restrictive covenant that ‘no additional buildings whatsoever shall be erected’ on it. Ultimately, the judge held that no ’additional’ buildings would be constructed and therefore the building project was not prevented by the restrictive covenant. Joss Knight has notable experience when it comes to disputed easement claims; he recently represented the respondent in Privett v Runic Holdings Ltd, in which the claimant sought to establish a right of way over land based on missing historic conveyances, while the respondent maintained that the right has never been exercised and in any case had been abandoned.
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Work Department

Real Estate

Career

Called 1980

Charles has specialised in land-related matters for over 30 years. He has great experience of boundary litigation, restrictive covenants, easements and public rights of way. He regularly appears in Court; in the First-tier Tribunal (especially on land registration issues) and before the Upper Tribunal on applications relating to restrictive covenants. He has also appeared in the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions in land-related disputes.

Charles’s practice includes all aspects of landlord and tenant law, both commercial and residential, and also mobile home parks.

He remains familiar with some of the less well-known areas of law, such as the workings of the Settled Land Act 1925 or tenancies protected by the Rent Act 1977.

Additionally, Charles holds a Private Pilot’s Licence and he has advised commercial and private pilots who have needed assistance in their dealings with the Civil Aviation Authority (in respect of both licensing and aircraft maintenance issues).

Charles writes on legal topics, with articles published in the Conveyancer on the First-tier Tribunal and in the New Law Journal on the temporary closure of highways.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association.

Education

  • BA (Dunelm)

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