William Densham

Will is a Partner and Head of the Real Estate Litigation team. Will has been involved in some of the largest and highest-profile disputes in this area of law — many of which are reported cases.

These range from acquisitions of portfolios for investment purposes, developing those assets and the issues surrounding development constraints, through to sales and post-sale issues that arise.

The Legal 500 said that “Practice Head Will Densham is ‘one of the few true experts on rights of light and rent review,’ and ‘one of the country’s top property litigators.’" They also said that Will "handles the complexities of large-scale litigation brilliantly."

Will has given lectures to Arbrix and Index and writes articles in the main trade press.

• Silven Properties v Royal Bank of Scotland [2002] 3 EGLR 115 and [2004] 1 WLR 997

• Kilcarne Holdings Ltd v Targetfollow (Birmingham) Ltd & Anor [2004] EWHC 2547, [2005] 2 P & CR 8

• St. George's Investment Co. v Gemini Consulting [2005] 1 EGLR

• Longwood Invest v the First Secretary of State [2007]

• Land Securities plc & Ors v Fladgate Fielder (A Firm) [2009] EWHC 577

• Dulce Packard and others [2011] CSOH 93

• Humber Oil Terminals Trustee Ltd v Associated British Ports [2011] EWHC 352, [2011] EWHC 1184, [2011] EWHC 1790, [2011] EWHC 2043, [2012] EWCA Civ 36, [2012] EWCA Civ 248, [2012] EWCA Civ 596, and [2012] EWHC 1336

• Airport Industrial GP Ltd and another v Heathrow Airport Ltd and another [2015] EWHC 3753

• The Attorney General of St Lucia v River Doree Holdings Limited [2017] UKPC 39

• Goldman Sachs International v Procession House Trustee 1 Limited and Procession House Trustee 2 Limited [2018] EWHC 1523

• Howard and Others v Chelsea Yacht and Boat Company Limited [2020] EWHC 12

• R (Annington Properties Limited) v Secretary of State for Defence [2023] EWHC 1154 (Admin), 1155 (Ch)