Lawrence Caun
Call
Called 1977
Practice groups
Appointments
Deputy District Judge (2003)
Education
St Edward's School Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford, MA (Oxon) in jurisprudence
Practice
Property: business and residential landlord and tenant, housing, boundaries, real and personal property, joint ownership disputes, professional negligence (solicitors, surveyors, architects, accountants), construction
Personal Injury: including injuries in the workplace, road traffic, sporting, and highways accidents, product liability, fatal accidents, actions against the police and other authorities
Experience
Extensive and varied experience of over 20 years in most civil courts including the Court of Appeal, High Court, and County Courts. Skilled in forensic and advisory work and in giving independent and pragmatic advice
Reported cases include
Arundel Corp v Khokher (No 2) [2003] EWCA Civ 1784 (tenant deemed to have solicitor's knowledge of last known business address of landlord)
Burke v Ashe Construction [2003] EWCA Civ 717 (s 33 Limitation Act, disapplication of Limitation period 8 years after accident upheld)
Kuppusami v Kuppusami [2002] EWHC 2758 (Ch) (property claim by father against a son for a re-transfer of his freehold interest in the house in which he was living - established overriding interest under s 70(1)(g) LRA and a resulting trust)
Arundel Corp v Khokher [2003] EWCA Civ 491 (L&T case - report concerns issues of hearing cases in private and admitting new evidence on appeal)
Stimpson v Smith [1999] 2 WLR 1292 (co-surety liability under bank guarantee)
Bailey v Armes [1999] EGCS (Occupiers Liability)
Marshall v Marshall [1998] EWCA Civ 1467 (agreement to put a property on the market did not constitute a severance of a beneficial joint tenancy)
Burns v Anthony (1997) P&CR (adverse possession)
Armstrong v Glofield Properties [1992] PIQR 358 (personal injury - dismissal for want of prosecution)
Fischer v Toumazos [1991] 41 EG 123 (vendor and purchaser/L&T - non-completion of leasehold purchase)
Publications
Contributor to Butterworths' Law of Limitation (Property Section)
Multiple Causes of Injury (Journal of Personal Injury Law, June 2003)
Occasional Contributor to Current Law quantum cases
Membership
Property Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Personal Injury Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Interests
Playing and listening to chamber music, horse racing
