Rowena has a busy court and paper practice and she appears regularly in the County Court and High Court in procedural hearings (CCMC’s, PTR’s, etc), contested applications, multi-track trials and appeals. Her experience includes disputes concerning professional negligence, mistake, misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and construction of commercial agreements.
Memberships
Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Denning, Hardwicke and Shelford Scholar and Buchanan Prize Winner)
Denning Society (society of scholars of Lincoln’s Inn)
Property Bar Association
Society of Legal Scholars
Planning and Environment Bar Association
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) (First Class)
BCL (Oxon)
BVC (graded ‘Outstanding’)
Licensed for direct access
Awarded a ‘Lord Denning Scholarship’, a ‘Hardwicke Scholarship’ and a ‘Shelford Scholarship’ by Lincoln’s Inn
Awarded a ‘Buchanan Prize’ by Lincoln’s Inn for ‘outstanding’ BVC performance
Awarded the ‘Clifford Chance Prize’ for best performance in Civil Procedure in the 2003 BCL examinations
Awarded the ‘Barnett Bequest’ by Merton College, Oxford, to study for the BCL
Awarded ‘Linnels Pize’ for best graduating undergraduate law student in her year
Publications
Prescription and User As of Right: Ripe for Wholesale Reform? Modern Studies in Property Law Volume 6, Hart Publishing, 2011, Susan Bright ed, Chapter 12, p 241
New Town and Village Greens and Rights of Use, Rights of Way Law Review (RWLR), April 2011, Section 15.3, page 189
The Village Green Industry: Back in Business [2010] 69(2) Cambridge Law Journal 238
Redcar in SC: Deference is Dead Rights of Way Law Review, May 2010, Section 15.3, 161
Wild v Secretary of State Rights of Way Law Review, January 2010, Section 6.2, 27
Nec vi, nec clam, nec precario: The only criteria for a prescriptive claim? [2009] 73 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 505
Deference and User As of Right: An Unholy Alliance Rights of Way Law Review, October 2009, Section 15.3, 147
Pick a Number (2009) New Law Journal 1281
‘Dog-leg’ claims kicked into touch: beneficiaries exposed? [2009] Denning Law Journal 119
A setback for the village green industry? [2009] 68(2) Cambridge Law Journal 281
A Family Affair (2009) New Law Journal 588
Smith v Muller Rights of Way Law Review, February 2009, Section 14.2, 85
Show Me The Money (2009) New Law Journal 144
The Winchester Case Rights of Way Law Review, February 2008, Section 7.1, 33
New Town and Village Greens Rights of Way Law Review, October 2007, Section 15.3, 123
New Town and Village Greens: Back From the Brink [2006] 70 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 584
New Town and Village Greens: A Thing of the Past? [2006] 70 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 265
A New Dawn for Town and Village Greens? Rights of Way Law Review, February 2006, Section 15.3, 91
Secret Trusts: Do They Have a Future? [2003] 67 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 203
