Guy Vickers
Land Law and Related Practice
LAND LAW: Rights of Way, Easements, Covenants, Contracts for the Sale of Land,
Adverse Possession, Nuisance, Proprietary Estoppel & Trusts for Sale
COMMERCIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT: Breach of Covenant, 1954 Act,
Underletting, Service Charges.
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE: Surveyors, Valuers, Solicitors
Experience/ Career / Notable / Reported Cases:
Weetwood Services v Ansvar Holdings [2007] EWCA Civ 736
Garside & Barlow v Lake District Leisure (2007)
Cadogan v McCarthy & Stone (1996)
Simmons v Dobson (1991) 1 WLR 720; (1991) 4 All ER 25
Recent instructions have included
1. A surveyor’s negligence dispute concerning the valuation of a public house;
2. A dispute over compensation for disturbance to a business caused by the
shadow of a CPO with a delayed GVD;
3. A solicitor’s negligence case concerning a loss of chance to acquire more than a
way of necessity to otherwise landlocked land;
4. A solicitor’s negligence case involving a purchase with bridging finance which
was completed without there being sufficient funds to discharge a prior charge;
5. A nuisance/trespass dispute involving neighbouring commercial tenants with
large vehicles and conflicting needs for access/egress over the common right of
way to their premises;
6. Various caravan park disputes both for park owners and caravan owners;
7. A dispute in relation to remediation issues arising from the sale of formerly
industrial land;
8. A dispute between a developer and a large supermarket chain over responsibility
for various road building costs arising out of a joint venture;
9. Various domestic boundary and right of way disputes;
Visiting Tutor in Land Law, Manchester University 1987-9
What They Say
Chambers UK Legal 500:
Guy Vickers has a broad practice, split between land and probate disputes and commercial contract litigation. He is sought after in heavyweight litigation for his "incisive way of getting to the nub of the issue - he cuts through the white noise." In court, he is "persistent and impressive on his feet."
Personal
Malvern College (1977-81)
Corpus Christi, Oxford (1982-5)
The Inns of Court Law School (1985/6)
Academic Awards / Scholarships and Prizes
Law Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
