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James Andrews-Tipler acts for successful appellant as judgment handed down in The Kingdom Hall Trust v Davies [2026] EWCA Civ 1377

James Andrews-Tipler acts for the successful appellant as the Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment overturning the decisions of the FTT and Upper Tribunal below and dismissing the claim to a prescriptive right of way over charity land.

Kavish Shah successfully represents the claimants in Wilson v Attorney General

Kavish has successfully represented the claimants in Wilson v Attorney General, an interesting bona vacantia case in the Business and Property Division.

Derek Wood CBE KC co-founds Property Law Reform Group (PLRG)

Falcon Chambers Academic Fellow, Derek Wood CBE KC, has co-founded a new specialist group formed to promote the simplification and reform of the land law of England and Wales.

ReformPod: Changing Business Tenancies | Episode 3 | Contracting Out of Security of Tenure

Oliver Radley-Gardner KC and Toby Boncey explore Chapter 3 of the Law Commission's Second Consultation Paper on Part 2 of the 1954 Act, which focuses on the procedure for contracting out of security of tenure.

Judgment handed down in The Executors of Major Michael Wills v Holder [2026] UKUT 409 (LC)

The decision clarifies the extent to which contracting work falls to be counted as a relevant part of an applicant’s livelihood under the succession provisions in Part IV of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.