Geraint Wheatley
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Real Estate Litigation
Band 1
About
Provided by Geraint Wheatley
Practice Areas
Geraint Wheatley is a leading property practitioner and has been ranked as such in the directories for many years.
His practice increasingly focusses on commercial property development, dealing with cases involving development agreements, overage, promotion agreements, options and problems concerning title or access. He often acts together with colleagues from Chambers’ planning team on cases at the interface between real property and planning/highways issues. His instructions also range from commercial, residential and agricultural landlord & tenant, through traditional land law matters such as easements, covenants, boundaries, adverse possession and registration, to nuisance, and mortgages.
He is Guest Editor of Property Law UK and combines an outstanding academic background with tactical awareness and an eye for detail.
He regularly acts in both the High and County Courts for institutional clients such as developers, banks and national limited companies, and has a niche expertise in LPA receivership cases. He has appeared a number of times before the Court of Appeal and the First Tier Tribunal: Property Chamber.
Geraint regularly delivers seminars both online and in person, including multiple times on behalf of the Property Litigation Association. Areas covered over the last couple of years have included the 1954 Act, realigning rights of way in development cases, termination of leases, property notices, overriding interests, adverse possession (dealing with Thorpe v Frank, in which Geraint appeared in the Court of Appeal), and boundaries. He is happy to provide training in-house to solicitors and with solicitors for their clients.
Career
Oxford University (St Edmund Hall): 1st Class Law Degree
Bar Vocational Course, Manchester: Grade: Very Competent (ranked 1st in year)
Awarded the Edmund-Davies Award by Gray's Inn
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Property Bar Association
Northern Business and Property Bar Association
Member of the Northern & North Eastern Circuits
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Geraint Wheatley handles high-value property litigation for a multitude of clients, from landlords to developers and financial institutions. His cases span a broad range of topics, including possession proceedings, landlord and tenant disputes, and access rights. He also provides sought-after advice to LPA receivers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Geraint Wheatley is extremely well prepared, is able to explain matters in a way that's easily understandable, and his attention to detail and advocacy is always spot on."
"Geraint Wheatley deals with challenges deftly and on the hoof if required. He not only listens but hears concerns and responds in a pragmatic and constructive manner."
"Geraint Wheatley is very client-friendly and gets to the core issues of a complicated case with ease."
"Geraint Wheatley is extremely well prepared, is able to explain matters in a way that's easily understandable, and his attention to detail and advocacy is always spot on."
"Geraint Wheatley deals with challenges deftly and on the hoof if required. He not only listens but hears concerns and responds in a pragmatic and constructive manner."
"Geraint Wheatley is very client-friendly and gets to the core issues of a complicated case with ease."
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