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Tanfield Chambers

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Provided by Tanfield Chambers
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Head of Chambers: Andrew Butler KC

Chief Executive: Walter Womersley

Tenants: 61

THE CHAMBERS:

Tanfield is a specialist business and property set. Members have significant experience across all levels of the courts and tribunals from the First-tier Tribunal to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Operating from its own member-owned premises just outside Gray’s Inn, Tanfield adopts a flexible and ‘unfussy’ approach, and is committed to excellent client care. All members, from its silks to its ‘junior juniors’ pride themselves on being open, friendly and approachable and are supported by a responsive and helpful practice management and staff team.

WORK UNDERTAKEN:

  • Property Tanfield is a leading property set and a ‘force to be reckoned with’ in real estate litigation. It is a market leader in issues relating to The Building Safety Act 2022 (editing the two leading legal texts on the subject) as well as in residential and commercial property including enfranchisement and service charges, real property, agriculture/rural property and development disputes.
  • General commercial disputes including company and shareholder disputes and issues relating to finance, securities, mortgages and receivership.
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client
  • Tax

Members of chambers write and lecture widely on real property issues and related topics. They are involved in market leading texts including Dovar & Sawtell on The Building Safety Act, The Building Safety Act: a guide for property lawyers, Business Premises: Possession & Lease Renewal, Service Charges & Management, Boundaries & Easements, Commercial Property Litigation and Leasehold Enfranchisement: Law & Practice.

The majority of members accept direct access instructions in appropriate cases.

Members
  • Philip Rainey KC (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)
  • Timothy Polli KC (2018)
  • Nicholas Isaac KC (2019)
  • David Guy (1972) FCI Arb A
  • Nigel Meares (1975)
  • Charles Joseph (1980) FCI Arb A
  • Edward Denehan (1981)
  • Sebastian Reid (1982) A
  • Mark Loveday (1986) MCI Arb A
  • Martin Young (1984)
  • 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
  • Philip Brown (1991)
  • Birgitta Meyer (1992)
  • Timothy Cowen (1993)
  • Stan Gallagher (1994) A
  • Robert Bowker (1995) A
  • Karen Jones (1995)
  • James Fieldsend (1997)
  • Piers Harrison (1997) A
  • Daniel Bromilow (1996)
  • Daniel Dovar (1997) A
  • Andrew Mace (1997)
  • Nicola Muir (1998) A
  • Marc Glover (1999)A
  • Adrian Carr (1999) A
  • Carl Fain (2001) A
  • Graham Callard (2001)
  • Tom Carpenter-Leitch (2002) A
  • Timothy Hammond (2003) A
  • Estelle Lear (2006) A
  • Sara Jabbari (2007)
  • Sam Madge-Wyld (2008)
  • Christy Burzio (2010)
  • Richard Alford (2011) A
  • Diane Doliveux (2011)
  • James Hamerton-Stove (2012) A
  • Richard Granby (2012) A
  • Katie Gray (2013) A
  • Robyn Cunningham (2014)
  • Chloe Sheridan (2015)
  • Will Beetson (2015) A
  • James Castle (2015)
  • Elizabeth Fisher (2016)
  • Ceri Edmonds (2017)
  • Andrew Brueton (2017)
  • Nora Wannagat (2018)
  • Hugh Rowan (2021)
  • Andrew Martin (2022)
  • Annie Higgo (2022)
  • Lorenzo Leoni (2023)
  • Thomas Dawson (2023)
  • Sami Allan (2024)
  • Cameron Neilson (2024)
  • Julian Torres (2024)

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UK Bar Guide 2026
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London (Bar)
Real Estate Litigation
1 Set
18 Ranked Barristers
Set
Real Estate Litigation
2
Real Estate Litigation
2
Band 2
Silks (KC)
Philip Rainey KC
Star Individuals
3
Timothy Polli KC
3
Band 3
4
Andrew Butler KC
4
Band 4
4
Christopher Heather KC
4
Band 4
4
Nicholas Isaac KC
4
Band 4
Juniors
1
Edward Denehan
1
Band 1
1
James Fieldsend
1
Band 1
Carl Fain
2
Carl Fain
2
Band 2
2
Daniel Dovar
2
Band 2
2
Michael Buckpitt
2
Band 2
2
Nicola Muir
2
Band 2
3
Mark Loveday
3
Band 3
3
Piers Harrison
3
Band 3
4
Katie Gray
4
Band 4
4
Marc Glover
4
Band 4
5
Philip Brown
5
Band 5
5
Richard Granby
5
Band 5
5
Sam Madge-Wyld
5
Band 5
Social Housing
1 Ranked Barrister
Juniors
3
Sam Madge-Wyld
3
Band 3