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Michael Barrow

Michael Barrow

  • Qualified: 1998
  • Called to BAR: 2010
  • Company
  • Employment Law
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Wills & Probate

Summary

Michael is a barrister who specialises in the areas of commercial (including employment) and company law, property and chancery. A former solicitor (admitted in 1998), Michael offers lay clients a reliably proactive, hands-on and user friendly service. In addition to the aforementioned areas of law, Michael also accepts instructions to deal with family law proceedings (children and property/finance).

Specialist areas of law include

  • Company
  • Employment Law
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Wills & Probate

Profile description

1. Commercial / Chancery :

  • Breach of contract / warranty claims, TOLATA / Trust of land disputes and proprietary estoppel, Trust / Contentious probate actions, Inheritance Act claims
  • Company law including shareholder / directorship disputes and partnership disputes
  • Injunctions
  • Construction (including adjudications and arbitrations)
  • Insolvency / commercial debt recovery proceedings
  • Professional negligence
  • Asset Finance / consumer credit
  • Court of protection proceedings / mental health
  • Appeals

2. Property:

  • Landlord & Tenant (commercial & private / residential)
  • Property Chamber and Land Tribunal proceedings
  • Dilapidations / Service Charge disputes
  • Breach of covenant claims
  • Boundary / right of way / easement disputes
  • Forfeiture proceedings
  • Business tenancy proceedings, including lease renewals, rent reviews
  • Adverse possession / Trespass and nuisance
  • Mortgage repossession actions (for both lenders & borrowers)
  • Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

3. Employment

  • Unfair / Constructive dismissal
  • Discrimination
  • Wrongful dismissal / breach of contract actions
  • PIDA proceedings
  • Injunctions for passing off / breach of restrictive covenants / confidential information / springboard injunctions
  • Wages and equal pay claims
  • Drafting contacts of employment
  • Preparation of Service Agreements
  • TUPE
  • Redundancy / structural re-organisations

4. Housing:

  • Social Housing (for Landlords & Tenants)
  • Injunctions
  • Repossession proceedings
  • Human Rights / Equality Act issues
  • Disrepair

5. Personal Injury

  • Road Traffic
  • Slipping & Tripping
  • Employers’ liability
  • Occupiers’ liability

6. Family Law

Michael’s family work includes all areas of child care law, both public and private, together with matrimonial law and finance

7. Direct Access

Michael also takes instructions from clients on a direct access basis.

8. Mediations

Michael became an Accredited Mediator in 2002. He is a panel member of ADR Group and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. More information can be found on our Mediation Link.

Career history:

Michael, a former Police Officer, graduated in law at Manchester University in 1995 and qualified as a Solicitor in 1998, becoming in 2008 a partner in a city centre commercial practice.

Michael was called to the Bar in July 2010 and after a successful Pupillage became a Tenant with Linenhall Chambers in January 2011.

Being a former solicitor, Michael is very aware of the pressures upon both Solicitors and clients alike. In addition to his court work, Michael has a busy paper practice including the preparation of statements of case and applications and advices, his aim being to return paperwork as soon as possible.

Michael also takes instructions on a Direct Access basis.

Education:

LLB (Hons)
LLM
MCIArb
Reported cases:

HSBC Bank PLC V Brown (2015) EWHC 359 (Ch) – Michael successfully defeated Bank’s claim for repossession of land based upon its Charge.

Memberships and Associations:

Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
ADR Group (Panel Member)
Association of Contentious Trusts & Probate Specialists
Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

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