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Barry Cawsey

Barry Cawsey

  • Called to BAR: 2001
  • Construction
  • Contract Law
  • Costs and Costs Recovery
  • Family & Children
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Wills & Probate

Summary

Barry is an experienced advocate, who has developed a nationwide practice divided into the following main areas; commercial law, land and property, chancery and trusts and family law.

Specialist areas of law include

  • Construction
  • Contract Law
  • Costs and Costs Recovery
  • Family & Children
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Wills & Probate

Profile description

Barry prides himself on being very approachable to both professional and lay clients and particularly enjoys developing a close working relationship with his clients over the natural progression of a case, helping to maintain continuity in order to maximise the potential for a successful outcome. He is acutely sensitive of the cost consequences to his clients of each step taken in litigation and works to ensure that his clients obtain their best value for money invested at every stage of the process.

He is absolutely thorough in his case preparation and has an excellent reputation for dealing calmly and sensitively with difficult cases and lay clients. Barry is approved by the Bar Council to accept direct public access instructions. He also participates in arranging and delivering training courses as part of the continuing professional development of solicitors.

Property, Chancery & Trusts

Barry is a member of the Professional Negligence Bar Association and has experience in claims involving solicitors, architects and other construction professionals and insurers. His practice areas consist of the following:

  • Trespass
  • Landlord and Tenant (residential and commercial)
  • Boundaries
  • Easements and restrictive covenants
  • Co-ownership (TOLATA) disputes
  • Orders for sale
  • Neighbour disputes
  • Occupation Orders (please also see under injunctive proceedings below in the family section)
  • Proceedings before the Residential Property Tribunal (RPT)
  • Disputes relating to trusts, wills and probate 

Business and Commercial 

Barry's commercial and business law practice involves advising and representing clients in the County Court and the High Court in relation to a variety of areas including:

  • Breach of contract and debt recovery claims
  • Company law (partnership and shareholder disputes)
  • Costs and costs recovery
  • Insurance and re-insurance
  • Consumer law
  • Professional negligence
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency (corporate and individual)
  • Building and construction disputes

Family

As a former police officer, Barry has front-line experience of the kind of social circumstances that frame a lot of family law proceedings. He is particularly well-suited to representing clients in findings of fact featuring allegations of physical abuse and domestic violence and substance abuse. Barry's family law practice includes the following areas:

  • Child Arrangement Orders
  • Prohibited Steps Order
  • Specific Issue Order
  • Allegations of domestic violence
  • Allegations of substance abuse
  • Allegations of child abuse
  • Shared Residence Orders
  • Breach Allegations

In addition to these areas, Barry is experienced when it comes to advising and representing clients in relation to injunctive proceedings such as applications for non-molestation orders and occupation orders. Barry represents both applicants and respondents throughout these proceedings from ex parte (without notice) applications to final hearing.

Other Areas

Building disputes, landlord and tenant and housing matters, insolvency, wills and probate disputes, civil actions against the police, Privacy and Data Protection Act claims.

Personal Injury 

Barry has extensive experience of Claimant and Defendant personal injury litigation, in particular:

  • RTA claims
  • Employers liability claims
  • Highway claims
  • CICA
  • Animal Act claims
  • Occupiers Liability Act claims
  • Claims involving Children

He regularly appears in Fast and Multi track actions and is able to draft claims or defences, or advise on quantum and evidence, at short notice.

Credit Hire

He is uniquely placed to offer his expertise in presenting arguments in this constantly developing area of law and, having regularly received instructions to act on behalf of Claimant and Defendant, is familiar with the strength and weaknesses of the arguments utilised by both.

Personal

Barry is married with three young children and it is of no surprise that when time permits he runs off to sea to engage in his interests of sailing and windsurfing.

Testimonials

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