Overview
Robyn has a broad property litigation practice covering all aspects of landlord & tenant and real property. She also undertakes instructions in general chancery, including trusts, contentious and non-contentious probate.
Robyn regularly appears led and unled in the County Court, First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and the High Court (Chancery Division). She has also represented clients in the Court of Appeal.
In 2024 the Attorney General appointed Robyn to the London B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. As Counsel to the Crown, Robyn advises and represents HM Government in her specialist practice areas.
Robyn has particular expertise and experience in the following:
- Easements;
- Adverse possession;
- Land registration;
- Trusts of land;
- Restrictive freehold covenants;
- Service charge disputes;
- Enfranchisement;
- Business lease renewals (Landlord and Tenant Act 1954);
- Right to Manage (Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002);
- Trespass;
- Contentious and non-contentious probate.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Robyn worked in the business and commercial team of the International Bar Association, based in Europe and North America.
Notable cases
- Kedai Ltd & Others v Sterling Estates Management Limited (Central London County Court 29 November 2024, unreported) (led by Kerry Bretherton KC) Successfully represented 20 group companies in a claim against their former managing agent. The claim and counterclaim concerned repudiatory breach of contract in respect of 39 residential and commercial blocks across central London.
- Medley v MacKenzie [2024] UKUT 112 (LC) Represented the covenantor in an application for the discharge and/or modification of restrictive freehold covenants pursuant to s. 84(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925. The case includes the discharge of a covenant under Ground (a): the restriction ought to be deemed obsolete.
- Middleton, Peacock v Karbon Homes Limited [2023] UKUT 206 (LC)Successfully opposed an appeal concerning residential service charges and the application of s. 21B of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- Bucknell v Alchemy Estates (Holywell) Limited [2023] EWHC 683 (Ch) (led by Nicholas Isaac KC)
Successfully defended a claim for an injunction preventing development in respect of a right of way expressly granted. - Coventry City Council v Persons Unknown [2022] (High Court, Birmingham District Registry, 18 March 2022, unreported)
Obtained an injunction preventing protestors from obstructing a multi-million pound Government approved scheme of works to improve air quality in Coventry. - Aster Communities v Chapman & Others [2021] EWCA Civ 660 (led by Philip Rainey QC)
Acting for 33 tenants in a claim for dispensation from the service charge consultation requirements prescribed by s. 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
Qualifications
- LLB (Hons), King’s College London
- BPTC, City Law School
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association (Member of the Education and Training Sub-Committee)
- Property Bar Association
Awards
- Prize for top first in land law, King’s College London
- Dechert Land Law Scholarship, King’s College London
- Brick Court Scholarship, Middle Temple
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