New Tenants
Falcon Chambers is delighted to announce two new junior tenants, James Tipler and Julia Petrenko, have joined Chambers.
JULIA PETRENKO
During pupillage, Julia was supervised by Oliver Radley- Gardner, Adam Rosenthal, Edward Peters and Emily Windsor. Julia has experience of the full range of Chambers work, but also gained specific experience in telecommunications matters, right to manage disputes and agricultural matters. She assisted in Balogun v Boyes Sutton & Perry [2015] EWHC 275 (QB), a case concerning conveyancing negligence, causation and scope of duty.
Julia obtained an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College and then a BCL from University of Oxford, Mansfield College. She was a Lord Denning Scholar and obtained the Hardwick Entrance Award from Lincoln’s Inn. Prior to commencing pupillage, Julia was the Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Arden in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), and also taught Land Law at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge. In 2013, she was awarded the J.P. Warner Scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn pursuant to which she spent three months working in Advocate General Sharpston’s Chambers, at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Julia is fluent in Russian.
JAMES TIPLER
James undertook pupillage under the supervision of Nathaniel Duckworth, Edward Peters, Adam Rosenthal and Joseph Ollech. As a pupil he gained experience of a wide range of disputes concerning (amongst others) the 1954 Act, adverse possession, leasehold enfranchisement, development agreements, possession proceedings, easements, boundaries, restrictive covenants, land registration, trusts of land, proprietary estoppel and professional negligence. He was also involved in the important reported cases of Safin (Fursecroft) Ltd v Badrig's Estate [2015] EWCA Civ 739 and A2 Dominion Homes Ltd v Prince Evans Solicitors [2015] EWHC 2490 (Ch).
James attended Christ’s College University of Cambridge, obtaining a First Class MA is law, and attended the Université de Poitiers where he obtained a diploma in French Legal Studies. He secured a Major Exhibition Award from the Inner Temple for his BPTC before commencing pupillage. Also prior to pupillage James worked as a Research Assistant for the Law Commission with the Property Family and Trust Law team. He worked on the Rights to Light project and assisted with the development of policy and preparation of the Commission’s final report on the subject. He also worked on the analysis of proposals for and formulation of the Commission’s 12th Programme of law reform projects.
James is fluent in French.
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