William Hanbury
Bill specialises in property litigation, particularly commercial and residential landlord and tenant, trusts of land claims, mortgages and other lending secured on real property, easements, restrictive covenants and all aspects of conveyancing. He also specialises in solicitors’ negligence arising out of property transactions including loss of opportunity claims. He has been described in Legal 500 as “very knowledgeable in property litigation”.
Cases of note include:
* Shand v Morgoed Estates [2010] 1 EGLR 149-cricumstances in which rent
charges are enforceable against successors in title)
* Jacklin v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2007] EWCA Civ 181 (right of way
dispute-damages in lieu of an injunction)
* Margram PLC v Dorant Limited [2006] All ER (D) 212, (construction of rent review
clause in commercial lease)
* Bradford and Bingley PLC v Rashid (HL) [2006] 1 WLR 2066 (mortgage shortfall
claim- acknowledgement of debt-whether without prejudice rule applied and
limitation)
* North Yorkshire Trading Standards v Dacre Son and Hartley, [2005] 1 EGLR 11
(Property Misdescriptions Act 1989)
* Hatton v Chafes [2003] PNLR 24 (solicitor's negligence and limitation)
* Keelwalk v Waller and Griffith [2002] 3 EGLR 79 (proprietary estoppel and ground
leases)
* R v Bradford MDC ex parte Pickering (2001) 33 HLR 38 (meaning of "owners
interest")
Since joining Exchange Chambers in 2008 his advocacy, drafting and advisory work has included instructions in the following areas:
* Bank guarantees
* Enforcement by sale of trust property
* Fraudulent misrepresentation in land sale
* Rent to buy schemes and other property transactions
* Meaning of “plant” for the purposes of a commercial lease and whether the
landlord was in repudiatory breach
* Rectification and other claims before the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry
His publications include “Defective Premises: Law and Practice” for Sweet and Maxwell in 2008, “Boundary Disputes : a Practical Guide” for EMIS Professional Publishing in 2003, which is currently being re-written for its second edition, and numerous articles and case notes for the New Law Journal and other publications.
He has lectured widely in property law both inside and outside chambers including for Liverpool and Sheffield Law Societies and is regularly engaged by CLT as a lecturer.
"Bill is a class act. Over the last 5 years he has consistently delivered a high quality service…" - James Murray, Partner, Atteys
“Bill is an extremely conscientious and capable practitioner. He has a good grasp of the legal issues and explains himself clearly at all times.” - Justin Birch, Quality Solicitors
