About
Head of Chambers: Philip Rainey KC
Chief Executive: Walter Womersley
Tenants: 50
THE CHAMBERS Tanfield is a leading property set handling all aspects of property work. Recognised by the legal directories for its excellence in residential landlord and tenant work, real property and commercial real estate disputes, Tanfield is said to “lead the field” as a result of its “impressive barristers” and “outstanding strength in depth” as well as its“outstanding professionalism” and “excellent” client service.
WORK UNDERTAKEN Tanfield focuses on all sectors of the property market including residential and commercial property, agriculture and rural affairs, infrastructure including telecommunications, natural resources and the environment as well as development. Members also cover general commercial as well as a wide range of private client disputes.
Members have specialist expertise in established areas such as service charges, enfranchisement, boundary and party wall disputes, rights to light and insolvency related property litigation as well as emerging areas such as telecommunications and building safety.
As well as appearing in some of the most significant and precedent shaping cases, Tanfield’s members also write, edit and contribute to leading academic texts such as Landlord & Tenant Review, Service Charges and Management: Law and Practice; Commercial Property Litigation; Leasehold Enfranchisement: Law & Practice; Where is my boundary?; Business Premises: Possession & Lease Renewal, Defending Possession Proceedings; Boundaries & Easements and A practical guide to the Electronic Communications Code for property lawyers.
The majority of members accept direct access instructions in appropriate cases.
- Philip Rainey (1990) MCI Arb (KC-2010) A
- Christopher Heather KC (1995) (KC-2017) A
- Iain Mitchell KC (Scotland) (1976 Scotland) (2012 England) (KC Scotland-1992) A
- Andrew Butler KC (2018) A
- Timothy Polli KC (2018) A
- Nicholas Isaac KC (2019) A
- David Guy (1972) FCI Arb A
- Mark Dencer (1978)
- Kerstin Boyd (1979) A
- Charles Joseph (1980) FCI Arb A
- Sebastian Reid (1982) A
- Mark Loveday (1986) MCI Arb A
- Michael Bailey (1986) A
- Christopher Bamford (1987)
- John Buck (1987) A
- Michael Buckpitt (1988) A
- Christopher Maynard MCI Arb (1988) A
- Phillip Aliker (1990) FCI Arb A
- Catriona MacLaren (1993) A
- Stan Gallagher (1994) A
- Karen Jones (1995) A
- Robert Bowker (1995) A
- James Fieldsend (1997)
- Piers Harrison (1997) A
- Daniel Dovar (1997) A
- Nicola Muir (1998) A
- Marc Glover (1999)A
- Adrian Carr (1999) A
- Carl Fain (2001) A
- Tom Carpenter-Leitch (2002) A
- Tim Hammond (2003) A
- Amanda Gourlay (2004) A
- Jonathan Upton (2004) A
- Estelle Lear (2006) A
- Sara Jabbari (2007) A
- Sam Madge-Wyld (2008) A
- Christy Burzio (2010) A
- Richard Alford (2011) A
- Diane Doliveux (2011) A
- James Hamerton-Stove (2012) A
- Richard Granby (2012) A
- Katy Gray (2013) A
- Robyn Cunningham (2014) A
- Will Beetson (2015) A
- James Castle (2015) A
- Mitchell Hayden-Cook (2016)
- Ceri Edmonds (2017)
- Mattie Green (2019) A
- Hugh Rowan (2021) A
- Richard Miller (2021) A
- Annie Higgo (2022)
- Andrew Martin (2022)
- A Public/Direct Access
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