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Camilla ter Haar joins Five Paper

18th March 2019

Five Paper is delighted to announce that Camilla ter Haar has rejoined Chambers. Camilla was called to the Bar in 2005 and is an established practitioner specialising in international and domestic commercial disputes, construction and insolvency. Camilla has worked on disputes in a wide range of jurisdictions and is instructed as junior counsel to the Grenfell…

Millie Polimac successful in High Court appeal concerning standing to bring Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution

25th February 2019

Millie appeared on behalf of the appellant in this case which was the first to consider whether a proprietary interest was needed in order to have standing to bring a prosecution under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The appellant was a former tenant still in occupation although the landlord was trying to evict her. She…

Five Paper supports The Great Legal Bake

24th February 2019

Five Paper is supporting The Great Legal Bake this week by baking and selling cakes and other goodies in support of the London Legal Support Trust. The LLST is an independent local charity which raises funds to help law centres, citizens advices bureaus and advice agencies to provide free legal services to those who might…

Ian Wright and Satinder Gill present new seminars for MBL and LexisNexis on EU nationals moving into the UK after Brexit

20th February 2019

Satinder Gill and Ian Wright will deliver a new seminar for MBL on 22 February 2019 in London and record two further webinars for LexisNexis. The seminar for MBL will be titles ‘EU Citizens in the UK Post Brexit: Settled Status and Appendix EU‘ and will be one of the first seminars to consider in…

Employment team member Shane Crawford’s article is published in the New Law Journal 15 February 2019 edition.

18th February 2019

The article reviews the approach by the Employment Appeal Tribunal to case management powers exercised by employment judges readying cases for final hearings and the limits to the exercise of discretionary powers invested in employment judges. Please click here for a link to the article

Nick Grundy QC successfully represented Marilyn Ruberry in the Court of Appeal in Toms v Ruberry on what is now the leading case concerning the time at which a landlord can serve a section 146 Notice as a precursor to forfeiture.

12th February 2019

The Law of Property Act 1925, ss. 146(1) provides: A right of re-entry or forfeiture under any proviso or stipulation in a lease for a breach of any covenant or condition in the lease shall not be enforceable, by action or otherwise, unless and until the lessor serves on the lessee a notice- (a) specifying…

Tina Conlan represented the local authority in the Court of Appeal in Kannan v Newham LBC, a case involving the impact of duration of accommodation on the question of suitability under the main homelessness duty

5th February 2019

The Court of Appeal quashed the review decision (and that of the Recorder below who had found in the authority’s favour), highlighting the need to consider the actual and likely future duration of such accommodation. LJ Lewison noted at §20: “In addition, his opinion to the effect that temporary accommodation was not unacceptable on medical…

Employment team member Shane Crawford’s article on privilege is published in the New Law Journal 1 February 2019 edition.

4th February 2019

The article considers the approach by the EAT in the case of X v Y Ltd to the the limits of legal privilege in the employment tribunal where the purpose is to further an inequity. Please click here for the article

Sahana Jayakumar awarded prize in LCLCBA Essay Competition 2018

1st February 2019

Sahana was awarded the runner-up prize in the Jonathan Brock QC Memorial Essay Prize 2018 competition, run by the London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association. Her essay on the topic of “Forum non conveniens: Is Spiliada still fit for purpose or holed below the water-line?” can be found on the LCLCBA website here.

Five Paper is pleased to announce that Stephen Evans and Michael Mullin have been appointed as part-time Judges of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Property Chamber

29th January 2019

“We are most excited by this opportunity,” Stephen and Michael say, “which comes in no small measure as a result of the high quality service in leasehold work which Chambers undertakes. We are very much looking forward to being of service to all users of the Tribunal, whilst continuing in our busy private practices in…

Laura Williamson published in the Landlord and Tenant Review

23rd January 2019

Laura’s article entitled ‘Disability Discrimination – Proportionality of Enforcing Possession Orders’ has been published in the Landlord and Tenant Review. The article explores the case of Paragon Asra Housing Ltd v Neville [2018] EWCA Civ 1712, in which the Court of Appeal considered whether a tenant’s disability discrimination defence under the Equality Act 2010 had…

Ben Maltz successfully resists appeal in important housing case on the issue of Public Sector Equality Duty: Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 24 (QB)

21st January 2019

Ben represented Aldwyck Housing in the High Court on the tenant’s appeal against a possession order previously granted in the County Court. At trial the tenant had unsuccessfully argued that, because of his disability, he was the victim of a “cuckooing” operation perpetrated by drug dealers at the property. Although the judge had erred in…

Rachel Sleeman and Gita Chakravarty successful in £22m claim: Lord Chancellor v Blavo & Co Solicitors Limited and John Blavo

15th January 2019

Rachel Sleeman and Gita Chakravarty represented the Lord Chancellor before Mr Justice Pepperall in a contractual claim for recovery of in excess of £22m paid to Blavo & Co. Solicitors Limited under a legal aid contract for mental health work. John Blavo was liable to the Lord Chancellor under the terms of a Guarantee and…

Property team – Junior Lecture Series Update

7th January 2019

Our lecture series aims to bring together professionals from across the property sphere in their first 5 years of practice, or within the sector, to share knowledge and experience of key issues. We will provide a practical look at the key areas facing property practitioners and guidance, based on our experience of County Court, First…

Morwenna Macro successfully resists strongly contested application on behalf of Trustee in Bankruptcy in Kavuma v Stephen Hunt [2018] 12 WLUK 119 High Court ChD

21st December 2018

Morwenna represented the Respondent, in an application to set aside a default costs certificate in the sum of £293k obtained following a failure to serve points of dispute within the extended period granted to the Kavumas following their son’s serious illness. This case raised important issues as to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear…

Five Paper is proud to have sponsored and participated in the Urban Lawyers Careers Conference 2018

12th December 2018

The event was very successful with around 300 students and aspiring lawyers in attendance. Gita Chakravarty and Tristan Salter delivered a workshop on “how to get a pupillage”, whilst other members of chambers attended the Urban Lawyers Law Fair and spoke to the attendees about a career at the Bar and pupillage at Five Paper….

Nicholas Grundy QC and Millie Polimac successful in the Court of Appeal: Alibkhiet v LB Brent [2018] EWCA Civ 2742

10th December 2018

Nick and Millie represented LB Brent in the first Court of Appeal case concerning discharge of duties to homeless applicants by an out of borough offer since the decision of the Supreme Court in Nzolameso v City of Westminster [2015] UKSC 22. Brent’s appeal was joined with another case Adam v City of Westminster. In both…

Two new articles published by Shane Crawford

9th November 2018

Shane Crawford’s article “Sexual harassment —a new dawn?” is published in the most recent edition of the New Law Journal, 9 November. In the article, Shane discusses the proposals to tackle workplace sexual harassment in the recent report from the Women and Equality Committee. Shane’s article in the ELA Briefing’s November edition covers the extent of…

Tristan Salter examines shared ownership leases in an article for the Property Litigation Association

30th October 2018

The article looks again at the case of Richard v Midland Heart [2008] L&TR 31 to discuss whether or not shared ownership leases should be classified as long leases, assured tenancies or both. Find it on the Property Litigation Association’s website here.

Five Paper is pleased to announce another successful year in The Legal 500 (2019)

30th October 2018

Five Paper has boosted it’s rankings and we are now represented in property litigation, social housing, commercial litigation, insolvency, employment, business immigration and Health & Safety in The Legal 500 (2019). Five Paper is described as ‘a delight to deal with, blending a professional and unstuffy approach from tenants to clerks.’ We are said to…

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