Direct Access Barrister

Steph Bailey

Steph has a business and property practice with a focus on commercial disputes, real property, landlord & tenant, inheritance, trusts and estates.

Steph has a background in costs litigation and is a member of the Attorney General's junior junior scheme.

• Property
• Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
• Landlord & Tenant
• Property damage & insurance
• Wills & Probate
• Costs

Area of Law

Landlord and Tenant

• Possession proceedings.
• Disrepair.
• Discrimination.
• Tenancy deposit claims.
• Service charge disputes.
• Agricultural tenancies.

Property

Steph has experience in the following areas:

• TOLATA/cohabitation
• Property damage & insurance claims
• Transactions
• Planning matters
• Land development
• Contractual disputes
• Construction disputes
• Overage provisions
• Applications to rectify the Land Register
• Registering and challenging restrictions and charges
• Custodian trusteeships
• Permitted developments/LDCs
• Charging orders
• Disputes over ownership of chattels under section 188 LPA 1925
• Unjust enrichment claims
• Proprietary estoppel
• Drafting declarations of ownership
• Applications under Section 2, Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970
• Transfers of tenancy
• Costs disputes
• Compliance

Wills and Probate

• Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
• Construction of wills and trusts deeds.
• Challenges to wills.
• Objections to accounts.
• Tax planning relating to inheritance, trusts and VAT.
• Trustee and beneficiary disputes.

What sort of work do I do?

Steph is currently available for drafting and advisory work.

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