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Owen is a partner, and leads our real estate dispute resolution team. He is recognised as a leading individual in the UK in the field of property litigation.
Owen specialises in advising on complex litigation and arbitration disputes in the real estate sector. He also practices other forms of dispute resolution, including mediation. Owen's sub-specialisms include advising on insolvency and fraud-related issues in the real estate sector and seeking and obtaining pre-emptive injunctive relief to protect land and other commercial interests.Owen frequently provides strategic support on large and complex property transactions, with a view to avoiding and pre-empting disputes.
Owen lectures, writes for legal journals and provides commentary in the legal and national press on contentious property and energy sector related disputes. A number of his cases have appeared in the legal and national print and broadcast media.
Experience
Experience
Track record
FTSE 100 UK broadcasting company
Acting in the High Court and arbitration proceedings for a landlord in a multi-million-pound claim relating to the re-letting of the 170,000 square foot London headquarters of a FTSE 100 UK broadcasting company.
High Court dispute
Acting in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and expert determination proceedings in a dispute concerning the sale of Heathrow's Terminal 5 site to BAA.
Acting on behalf of a tenant
Acting successfully for a prospective tenant in respect of its rescission of an agreement for lease, and pursuing a £70million claim for damages arising from the prospective landlord's failure to carry out development works.
Acting on behalf of victims of property fraud
Acting for victims of property fraud (in claims in negligence and breach of trust against firms of solicitors and agents, and in statutory indemnity claims against HM Land Registry).
Bond Street retail space
Acting on a £multi-million rent review of a substantial building and retail space on New Bond Street, Mayfair.
Central London developments
Acting for developers on their acquisitions and developments of a number of central London sites (acting on Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and Telecommunications Code, possession proceedings relating to development sites with a combined gross development value in excess of £5 billion).
Damages claim
Acting in proceedings against a large firm of solicitors in respect of a substantial damages claim arising under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1988.
Energy sector client
Acting for a number of high profile energy sector clients in obtaining pre-emptive injunctions protecting land interests, supply chains and other commercial interests.
Judicial review proceedings
Acting in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in judicial review proceedings relating to the compulsory acquisition and development of a site on the Canary Wharf estate.
Large chain of DIY stores
Acting for the administrators of a large chain of DIY stores in respect of a property portfolio comprising over 150 leasehold properties.
Admissions
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England and Wales, 2004
Education
- LLB King's College London
Languages
- English
Memberships
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Property Litigation Association
Key dates
- Year joined: 2023