Exchange Chambers has a strong reputation on the Northern Circuit for being a ‘first-rate set with excellent strength in depth, particularly amongst juniors’. David Fearon has considerable experience acting for developers, contractors, local authorities, and individuals, among others, in construction disputes. Brynmor Adams recently acted for the respondent in Ridley v Brown, a leapfrog appeal heard before the Supreme Court that clarified the law of adverse possession. Ultimately, the judges unanimously clarified that an applicant must have a reasonable belief that the land in question is held by them for any 10-year period prior to the application, rather than for the 10 years immediately preceding the application. Rachel Coyle‘s varied experience covers business tenancy disputes as well as traditional land law disputes concerning boundaries, easements, and adverse possession, among other issues.

Kings Chambers ‘is one of the leading chambers in Manchester with good strength in depth for all types of property and construction matters’. Andrew Singer KC handles constructions disputes, including construction-related professional negligence and judicial review proceedings. With more than 25 years of varied property law experience, Matthew Hall now works primarily for developers and local authorities in connection with rights in or over development land. He has niche experience in cases considering the effect of sporting rights, ancient leases, and planning covenants on development land. Geraint Wheatley also has extensive experience in the field, now mainly working on commercial property disputes. In Preston Muslim Education Council v Bhatia, he advised an individual who had a right of way for commercial use which ran over school premises, with the court having to determine the balance to be struck between a party’s property rights and the restrictions to be reasonably placed on such rights to safeguard children.