The group has wide-ranging expertise including Real Property work, which includes:
- Disputes involving contracts for the sale and purchase of land
- Development and funding of property purchase and land acquisition, including conditional contracts and options
- Mortgages and land charges
- Conveyancing disputes, including claims for Specific Performance
- Land interests, including easements, restrictive covenants (including applications for their discharge and modification in the Lands Tribunal), highways, village greens and commons
- Claims for the possession of land
- Adverse possession
- Beneficial interest disputes – all types of constructive and resulting trusts, proprietary estoppel claims
- Nuisance, trespass, boundary questions
- Compensation claims.
Landlord and Tenant work includes:
- Business tenancies, including termination and renewal, break clauses, service charge disputes, rent and rent review and disrepair and dilapidations claim
- Residential and housing, including forfeiture and possession, breach of covenant and rent claims
- Leasehold enfranchisement - generally long tenancies
- Agricultural tenancies
- Interaction of property law with other areas of practice, such as insolvency, commercial, family and planning.
Recommendations
No5 Chambers possesses a dedicated property team capable of meeting the advocacy needs of local authorities and developers. Members of the set handle a wide range of matters including land sale and purchase disputes, conveyancing issues and specific performance claims. Their cases concern various kinds of property including residential, commercial and religious buildings. A notable recent instruction was Lea v Ward, which related to the extent of an agricultural right of way through a residential development. "Very professional, approachable, efficient and helpful."
Chambers UK 2019
No5 Barristers Chambers’s expertise in property law spans proprietary estoppel, rights of way, conveyancing disputes, restrictive covenants, and landlord and tenant disputes pertaining to commercial and residential properties.
Legal 500 2019
Silks
Year of call: 1972
Richard Jones QC
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/richard-jones-qc/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/richard-jones-qc/
Year of call: 1982
Manjit S Gill QC
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/manjit-s-gill-qc/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/manjit-s-gill-qc/
Year of call: 1983
Mark Anderson QC
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/mark-anderson-qc/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/mark-anderson-qc/
Juniors
Year of call: 1988
Ian Bridge
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/ian-bridge/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/ian-bridge/
Year of call: 1990
Richard Alomo
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/richard-alomo/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/richard-alomo/
Year of call: 1991
Edward Grant
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/edward-grant/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/edward-grant/
Year of call: 1992
Abid Mahmood
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/abid-mahmood/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/abid-mahmood/
Year of call: 1992
Marc Wilkinson
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/marc-wilkinson/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/marc-wilkinson/
Year of call: 1992
Nicola Preston
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nicola-preston/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nicola-preston/
Year of call: 1992
Nigel Brockley
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nigel-brockley/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nigel-brockley/
Year of call: 1992 (Bar: 2005)
Paul Joseph
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/paul-joseph/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/paul-joseph/
Year of call: 1993
David Taylor
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/david-taylor/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/david-taylor/
Year of call: 1993
Emma Edhem
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/emma-edhem/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/emma-edhem/
Year of call: 1995
Position: Deputy Head of Chambers
David Mitchell
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/david-mitchell/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/david-mitchell/
Year of call: 1997
Stephen Goodfellow
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/stephen-goodfellow/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/stephen-goodfellow/
Year of call: 1999
Shakil Najib
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/shakil-najib/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/shakil-najib/
Year of call: 2000
Alexander Heylin
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/alexander-heylin/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/alexander-heylin/
Year of call: 2000
Neil Chawla
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/neil-chawla/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/neil-chawla/
Year of call: 2000
Omar Ensaff
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/omar-ensaff/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/omar-ensaff/
Year of call: 2001
Olivia Chaffin-Laird
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/olivia-chaffin-laird/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/olivia-chaffin-laird/
Year of call: 2001
Paul J. Dean
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/paul-j-dean/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/paul-j-dean/
Year of call: 2002
Christopher Perry
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/christopher-perry/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/christopher-perry/
Year of call: 2002
Philip Mantle
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/philip-mantle/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/philip-mantle/
Year of call: 2003
Nicholas Cobill
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nicholas-cobill/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/nicholas-cobill/
Year of call: 2005
Maria Mulla
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/maria-mulla/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/maria-mulla/
Year of call: 2005
Steven Reed
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/steven-reed/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/steven-reed/
Year of call: 2005
Yasmin Yasseri
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/yasmin-yasseri/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/yasmin-yasseri/
Year of call: 2006
Professor Nelson Enonchong
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/professor-nelson-enonchong/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/professor-nelson-enonchong/
Year of call: 2007
Rowena Meager
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/rowena-meager/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/rowena-meager/
Year of call: 2008
Louise Corfield
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/louise-corfield/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/louise-corfield/
Year of call: 2012
Emma Williams
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/emma-williams/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/emma-williams/
Year of call: 2012
Philip Dayle
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/philip-dayle/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/philip-dayle/
Year of call: 2015
Adam Porte
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/adam-porte/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/adam-porte/
Year of call: 2015
Jason Perrin
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/jason-perrin/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/jason-perrin/
Year of call: 2015
Samir Amin
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/samir-amin/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/samir-amin/
Year of call: 2018
Dr Louisa Sherlock
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/dr-louisa-sherlock/
http://www.no5.com/people/barristers/dr-louisa-sherlock/