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His commercial chancery experience covers trusts, fraud, undue influence, fiduciary duties and professional negligence. His property practice includes real property (sale of land, easements, boundary disputes, adverse possession), land registration, mortgages, co-ownership claims and commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes.
Henry’s recent and ongoing cases include:
• Acting for the respondent on an appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning the application of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 to a residential lease, and the scope of the exception for mandatory statutory provisions under the 1999 Regulations: Roundlistic Ltd v Jones [2018] EWCA Civ 2284;
• Acting on an appeal to the Court of Appeal to consider the “rule in Harris v Flower” and its effect on a right of way granted in order to access part of client’s property, the land for which had been acquired by adverse possession: Gore v Naheed [2017] EWCA Civ 369.
• Acting for landowners in a High Court dispute concerning the surrender of a lease and whether this could constitute a derogation from grant in respect of an easement over the land;
• Acting for the successful Appellant on an appeal to the Court of Appeal considering the validity of a contract for the purchase of land made with joint purchasers, where one of the purchasers did not sign the contract: Rabiu v Marlbray Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 476 (Led by Romie Tager QC);
• Acting for the tenant on a six-figure dilapidations claim following the termination of a commercial lease. Claim settled on beneficial terms after first day of trial;
• Acting for landlord in a High Court claim on a declaration as to unreasonable withholding of consent to subletting and a counterclaim for unlawful parting with possession.
• Acting on a high value claim for beneficial ownership of shares in a company running a casino. Claim reported on issue of security for costs and question of whether a Master is bound by the doctrine of precedent to follow a decision of a High Court Judge (on which there is no prior authority): Coral Reef Ltd v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd [2016] EWHC 874 (Master Matthews); (2016) Ch D 21 October (extempore) – David Foxton QC (Led by Romie Tager QC);
• Acting for the Defendant in a claim to establish a declaration of trust of a property, for rectification of a trust deed and for the set aside of orders alleged to have been obtained by fraud. The case concerns the operation of section 53(1)(c) of the Law of Property Act 1925 and is the latest authority on the test for the setting aside of judgments obtained by fraud and as to the approach to assessment of costs where Claimants represented by more than one firm of solicitors: Jane Ong v Ong Siauw Ping [2015] EWHC 1742 (Ch); [2015] EWHC 3258 (Ch) – Morgan J (Led by Mark Warwick QC);
• Appearing in the Commercial Court in principal case on whether a late filing of an acknowledgment of service prior to the hearing of an application for default judgment can prevent a default judgment being entered under CPR 12.3(1): Almond v Medgolf Properties Ltd [2015] EWHC 3280 – Phillips J;
• Acting for the Claimant on a claim for professional negligence against solicitors for wrongfully releasing sale proceeds to the value of £600,000 on a conveyancing transaction;
• Successfully opposing an appeal against a third party debt order on the grounds that funds in a bank account were allegedly held on trust for the debtor’s relatives: Mizrahi v Preferred Mortgages Limited [2014] EWHC 4815 (Ch) – John Baldwin QC
• Acting for the Claimant in a claim for negligent pensions advice leading to settlement for significant 6 figure sum;
• Acting for successful Appellant to the Supreme Court in defending a claim raising the equitable doctrine of marshalling of securities. The case examines the extent and limits of the jurisdiction to award marshalling: Szepietowski v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2013] UKSC 65 (Led by Romie Tager QC)
• Acting for the successful Claimant in a claim raising undue influence as a counterclaim for recovery of over £600,000 wrongfully withdrawn from the client’s accounts.
Henry is a member of the Property Bar Association (Treasurer 2017), and the Chancery Bar Association. He regularly provides seminars and publishes articles in specialist legal journals.
Coral Reef Ltd v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd (2016) 21 October (extempore) David Foxton QC
Rabiu v Marlbray Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 476
Roundlistic Ltd v Jones [2016] UKUT 325 (LC) – HHJ Huskinson
Appeared for the successful appellant on an appeal in relation to breach of a user covenant by a residential tenant. Overturned the FTT’s finding that there had been an estoppel by convention or waiver preventing reliance by the landlord on the user covenant in circumstances where the landlord was carrying out the same use in another part of the building. Set aside finding that the user covenant was an “unfair term” within the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.
Ian Almond & Ors v Medgolf Properties Limited [2015] EWHC 3280 – Phillips J
Gore v Naheed (2015) Oxford County Court – HHJ Charles Harris QC
Appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in relation to a claim for collective enfranchisement. No previous authority on whether freeholder entitled to include positive covenants in offer of rights to nominee purchaser under section 1(4)(a) of Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. Approach to be applied by Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in determining such applications.
Henry Webb and Neil Curbison (Colman Coyle Ltd) write for The Law Society Gazette and ALEP on the recent Court of Appeal Case, Jones v Roundlistic Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 228422 November 2018
Henry Webb appeared for the successful Respondent in Jones & Anor v Roundlistic Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 228423 October 2018
Validity of Contract for the Sale of Land: Marlbray Ltd v Laditi [2016] EWCA Civ 47626 May 2016
Judicial Precedent: Are Masters Bound to Follow a Decision of the High Court? Coral Reef Ltd v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd [2016] EWHC 874 (Ch)27 April 2016
Success in the Supreme Court: Szepietowski v National Crime Agency23 October 2013
New tenant for Selborne Chambers1 October 2006