Year of Call: 1984
Year of Silk: 2003

Profile
John maintains a wide and varied practice in the fields of modern commercial Chancery work. He has a particular expertise in property related work but his practice also encompasses company, insolvency and partnership disputes, problems involving trusts and civil fraud and banking and professional negligence claims. Through his editorship of Snell’s Equity he has developed an interest in the application of equitable doctrines and remedies to modern commercial contexts. Recent cases in which he has been involved include Alston v BCOM Pauls Ltd (adverse possession claim), Barclays Bank plc v Trevor Guy (rectification of land register; mortgages; fraud), Progress Property Co v Moore (share sale agreement; breach of fiduciary duty; ultra vires), Progress Property Co v Tradegro (UK) Ltd (indemnity & counter indemnity agreements; implied terms), Actionstrength v International Glass Engineering SpA (guarantees in construction contracts), Tiffany Investments Ltd v Bircham & Co Nominees (No. 2) Ltd (pre-emption rights in long residential leases), Clear Channel UK Ltd v Manchester City Council (business tenancies of advertising hoardings), Wilkinson v West Bromwich Building Society (limitation periods in mortgages) and the long running Crampton litigation (complex trust and company issues). He also advises in non-litigious matters and has recently been involved in the trusts aspects of a number of proposed investment schemes.

Publications
Snell's Equity (31st Edition), General Editor

Notable Cases
Tradegro (UK) Ltd v Wigmore Street Investments Ltd (2010)
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd (2010)
UK Housing Alliance (North West) Ltd v Francis (2010)
London Development Agency v Mehmet NidaiI (2009)
Progress Property Co Ltd v Moorgarth Group Ltd (2009)
Colour Quest v Total Downstream [2009]
Menolly v Cerep Sarl (2009)
Progress Property Co Ltd v Tradegro (UK) Ltd (2008)
Progress Property Co Ltd v Cornus Moore (2008)
Alan Coleman v Ibstock Brick Ltd [2008]
Barclays Bank PLC v Trevor Guy (2008)
Coors Holdings Ltd v Dow Properties Ltd [2007]
Esquire (Electronics) v HSBC [2006]
Clear Channel UK Ltd v Manchester City Council (2005)
Midtown Ltd v City Of London Real Property Co Ltd (2005)
Clear Channel UK Ltd v Manchester City Council (2004)
Wilkinson v West Bromwich Building Society (2004)
Tiffany Investments Ltd v Bircham & Co Nominees (No.2) Ltd
Actionstrength Ltd v International Glass Engineering SpA
Pennington v Crampton
Dryblend Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd
Pennington v Waine
North East Lincolnshire BC v Millenium Park (Grimsby) Ltd
Midwood v Morgan
Grupo Torras SA v Sheikh Fahad Mohammed Al-Sabah
Carter v TG Baynes & Son
Legal & General Mortgages Services Ltd v HPC Professional Services

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Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Property Bar Association

Chambers UK 2010
Commercial Dispute Resolution: "He works all the bases beautifully and is a man with a very keen commercial sense." Real Estate Litigation: "a superb and easily accessible team player whose carefully tailored advice is always clear and concise."

Legal 500 2010
Property Litigation: "good with clients, and has almost limitless availability".