Property and Private Client
“Contractual disputes are a core area of strength of the team at St John’s Buildings, alongside banking litigation, intellectual property and Chancery cases (notably contentious wills and probate matters.” Legal 500 2019
All types of landlord and tenant matters are dealt with, representing individuals, housing associations, landlords (commercial and private) agencies and agents. SJB barristers are accustomed to managing disputes through arbitration, mediation and ADR and carrying out site visits. The team includes experts with backgrounds in surveying and litigation.
Our expertise includes:
• Business tenancies / renewals
• Residential landlord and tenant
• Dilapidation and disrepair
• Service charge disputes
• Right to manage
• Boundary disputes
• Easements
• Housing
• Covenants
• Property trusts and proprietary estoppel
• Construction and TCC
• Possession claims
• Adverse possession
• Wills & Probate
• Succession
• Inheritance Act claims
• Restitutionary claims
In addition, we have a team focussed on divorce, pre-nuptial agreements and matters relating to financial remedies. Click here to see our family finance and divorce team.

David Berkley KC
Year of Silk: 1999
Graeme Wood
Year of call: 1968
Julian Shaw
Year of call: 1984
Nicholas Jackson
Year of call: 1992
Pépin Aslett
Head of CommercialYear of call: 1996
Philip Byrne
Year of call: 1999
Lara Holsgrove
Year of call: 1999
Christopher Moss
Year of call: 2002
Simon Pallo
Year of call: 2003
Simon Charles
Year of call: 2004
Neil Christian
Year of call: 2005
Frances De Navarro
Year of call: 2005
Daniel Metcalfe
Year of call: 2008
Elis Gomer
Year of call: 2008
Sebastian Gollins
Year of call: 2015
Adil Navaid
Year of call: 2021