Andrew Williams

Specialist Areas:

1. Property

Contentious and non contentious work including:

• land registration
• sale of land
• boundary and ownership disputes
• easements
• covenants
• planning
• highways
• conveyancing and associated professional negligence
• drafting agreements and deeds
• all property litigation

2. Landlord and Tenant

All aspects of landlord and tenant work including:

• residential landlord and tenant inc ASBO-related work and disrepair
• leasehold enfranchisement
• possession claims including forfeiture
• commercial landlord and tenant inc forfeiture and dilapidations
• construction of leases
• renewal of business tenancies

3. Estates: trusts, probate and administration of estates

4. Commercial Law

Including:

• contract disputes
• defamation

Interesting Cases:

State Bank of India v. Sood (Court of Appeal) [1997] Ch 276, [1997] 2 W.L.R. 421, [1997] 1 All E.R. 63, (House of Lords) [1997] 1 W.L.R. 1568 (overreaching of beneficial interests in property)

Bromilow v. Linskills (1999) (national newspaper and TV coverage). (Solicitors negligence, Hillsborough)

Wirral B.C. v. Boden (2003) (national newspaper coverage) (residential landlord and tenant, ASBO possession claim)

Bear v. Higham [1997] B.P.I.R. 349 (transfer of title to property)

Portfolio Design Group International Ltd v. Temple and others [2005] Ch D (share transfers)

Wirral B.C. v Leighton [2006] (national radio and newspaper coverage) (residential landlord and tenant, ASBO possession claim)