We have adopted a specialist team approach to our practices for many years. We feel that this is the way our clients want us to work, and that specialisation leads to the provision of a better service.
‘A junior who provides very thorough and detailed advice. He builds a good rapport with the client.’
Stephen Arnold
Practice Director - Civil
0117 930 9000
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Joe Stayte
Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
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Charlotte Blair
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
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Oliver appears frequently in the High Court and County Court and the Property Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal, along with his appearances in the Court of Protection. He has been led by leading counsel in the Court of Appeal in a number of substantial matters.
Oliver’s specialist practice in respect of wills, trusts and estates disputes covers:
Appearing for the successful claimant in High Court probate proceedings seeking that a will be pronounced against for lack of capacity;
Being instructed by executors/trustees in a dispute over the administration of a high-value estate (including appearing in the High Court against King’s Counsel on an injunction application);
Representing one of the defendants at trial in the High Court in a claim challenging a will for want of knowledge and approval.
Oliver is regularly instructed in respect of disputed co-ownership of, or interests in, land. Such claims often feature potential constructive trusts of land and/or proprietary estoppel.
Being instructed for the defendants in a high-value proprietary estoppel claim between family members.
Appearing at the trial of a possession claim featuring a claim of a right to remain on the basis of claimed estoppel.
Oliver has extensive experience of real property and landlord and tenant matters. His practice covers:
Oliver has a particular interest in water law and the law relating to utilities and utility assets, both private and involving public utilities. He has an understanding of the statutory underpinnings of the utility sector, including extensive 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.
Acting for a bailee defending a claim for property loss said to amount to over £500,000;
Representing the successful party in a dispute over the scope of an express easement;
Appearing for the successful defendants in a multi-day trial of a boundary dispute concerning contested evidence as to the historic physical boundary location;
Representing a defendant in a forfeiture action relating to commercial premises, involving a question of the state of the law on remediability of breaches;
Claims concerning vesting orders to permit enfranchisement in the context of untraceable freeholders;
Appearing for a utility company in a complicated warrant of entry application raising the question of the interaction of the statutory regime and planning law;
Being instructed in a dispute over entitlement to a commission payment approaching £1 million in value.
Oliver jointly heads up chambers’ Court of Protection/Public Law team, and his work in this area specialises in cases concerning the property and financial affairs of ‘P’ within the Court of Protection as well as issues involving attorneys and deputies outside of the context of Court of Protection litigation itself, in respect of which he can also bring to bear his broader experience in Chancery cases.
Oliver can assist with matters which include:
Oliver is available to provide advice, drafting and representation in respect of commercial disputes, including:
Appearing (led by Hugh Sims QC) in the High Court in an appeal concerning the admissibility of redacted documents, and in the hearing of the same matter in the Court of Appeal as part of a three-day hearing of linked appeals.
Appearing at trial for a claimant seeking repayment of sums paid under disputed energy supply contracts, in a claim giving rise to issues of economic duress and ostensible/apparent authority.
Claims involving disputed authenticity of documents.
Stephen Arnold
Practice Director - Civil
0117 930 9000
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Joe Stayte
Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
Charlotte Blair
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
Click here to email
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