News & Events: Simon Lane
Annual Winchester Property Law Seminar
Pump Court Chambers’ Property Team is pleased to invite you to our Annual Property Law Update, providing a valuable and in-depth seminar for all practitioners in this area. Our barristers will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of all key issues and law, […]
Annual Winchester Inheritance Law Seminar 2023
Pump Court Chambers Inheritance, Wills and Probate team and Solicitors for the Elderly South Central are pleased to invite you to our Annual Winchester Inheritance Law Seminar. Our barristers will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of all key issues in this area. […]
Liability of guarantor when tenant’s liability for breach is compromised under a Tomlin Order
Simon Lane was instructed by Andrew Flagg at Stephen Rimmer LLP, Eastbourne in the Insolvency and Companies Court in the important decision of Re PME Cake [2022] EWHC 1783 (Ch). The decision deals with the difficult interrelationship between Tomlin Orders (compromise generally), guarantees and the liability of guarantors when the principal debtor has compromised a claim. Simon’s […]
Annual Property Law Seminar Winchester
Pump Court Chambers Property Team are pleased to invite you to our Annual Property Law Update, providing a valuable and in-depth seminar for all practitioners. Our barristers will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of all key issues and law, practice and procedure. […]
Avoiding Negligence Claims
Pump Court Chambers Inheritance, Wills & Probate team are pleased to bring you our latest lockdown lecture ‘Avoiding Negligence Claims’ presented by Julian Reed, Amy Berry, TEP and Simon Lane. In this webinar our speakers consider the following issues: The duty to disappointed or intended beneficiaries Negligent preparation of a will; White v Jones [1995] 2 […]
Avoiding Negligence Claims
Join us for our latest lockdown lecture ‘Avoiding Negligence Claims’ presented by Julian Reed and Simon Lane of Pump Court Chambers. Our speakers will consider the following issues: The duty to disappointed or intended beneficiaries Negligent preparation of a will; White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 207HL; The Scope of the duty. Damage Limitation 10 ways to […]
Alexander v Archibald & Archibald
Simon Lane successfully represented the Respondents (Brenda and John Archibald) before Mr Justice Fancourt, in a decision that was handed down by the High Court today. The decision is a useful authority for where property has been placed into joint names on a particular basis/ agreement and the survivor refuses honour this on the death […]
Property Seminar – Winchester
Venue The Hotel du Vin, Southgate Street, Winchester, SO23 9EF Schedule 13.00 – 13.30 – Registration 13.30 – 14.00 – Is Brexit a frustrating event? – A view from the Chancery Division 14.00 – 14.30 – Nuisance and infringement of privacy: A Tate Modern perspective 14.30 – 15.00 – The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) […]
Toms and Ruberry A2/2017/3419
Simon Lane has again been successful in the long running commercial landlord and tenant case of Toms v Ruberry [2019] EWCA Civ 128[2019] EWCA Civ 128, this time in the Court of Appeal. After successfully resisting the Landlord’s appeal in the High Court in November 2017, Simon was instructed together with Nick Grundy QC, in […]
Service please? A cautionary tale of s146 Notices and the right to forfeit
Toms v Ruberry017) EWHC 2970 (QB) Simon Lane has successfully represented the Respondent tenant on appeal in the High Court in a long running possession claim arising from forfeiture of the lease of a pub in Cornwall. The High Court (Mr Justice Dingemans) has upheld the decision of the County Court in the first reported […]
