James Browne
Call
Called 1994
Practice group
Education
BA (1st class) Birmingham University
MSt (Oxon)
Queen Mothers Scholarship Middle Temple
Practice
Property: all aspects of landlord & tenant law both residential and commercial including disrepair and dilapidations, nuisance, anti-social behaviour, rent reviews, service charge disputes (including declaratory relief).
Possession claims under all statutory regimes and under common law
All claims and applications under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
Trusts of land (especially trusts for sale and disputes following break-up of unmarried couples), easements, options, adverse possession and boundary disputes.
Professional negligence of letting agents
Appearances in the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Courts and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT).
Reported cases
Draycott v Hannells Lettings Ltd [2010] EWHC 217 (QB) (Tugendhat J) (Tenancy deposits under Chapter 4 Housing Act 2004: whether landlord's agent liable for penalties under the Act; whether landlord / agent liable where the tenancy deposit is protected more than 14 days after receipt by the landlord / agent.)
Greenwood Reversions v World Environment Foundation [2008] HLR 31, [2009] L&TR 2 (Waiver of right to forfeit, relief from forfeiture)
Niazi Services Ltd v van der Loo [2004] 1 WLR 1254 (Court of Appeal) (application of section 11 Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 where defect occurs outside property controlled by landlord, measure of damage in high rent cases)
Artlamb v Goude [2004] All ER D 369 (QBD) (contractual interpretation)
Membership
Property Bar Association
Legal Services Commission Funding Review Committee
Languages
French
Interests
wine, politics, history, classical and popular music, bridge, cricket and football.
