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Michael Barrow

Commercial Law Barrister | 10+ years experience

Michael is a barrister who specialises in the areas of commercial, land and property, trusts, wills, probate and inheritance. A former solicitor (admitted in 1998), Michael offers lay clients a reliably proactive, hands-on and user friendly service.

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Michael's Biography

Areas covered
Commercial / Chancery: advices, his aim being to return paperwork as soon as possible. Commercial / Chancery: Breach of contract / warranty claims TOLATA / trust of land disputes Proprietary estoppel Trust / Contentious probate and wills Inheritance Act claims Company law including shareholder / directorship disputes and partnership disputes Injunctions Construction (including adjudications and arbitrations) Insolvency / commercial debt recovery proceedings Professional negligence Asset Finance / consumer credit Court of protection proceedings / mental health Appeals
Background

Michael, a former police officer, graduated in law at Manchester University in 1995 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998, becoming in 2008 a partner in a city centre commercial practice.

Michael was called to the Bar in July 2010 and after a successful pupillage became a tenant with Linenhall Chambers in January 2011.

Being a former solicitor, Michael is very aware of the pressures upon both solicitors and clients alike. In addition to his court work, Michael has a busy paper practice including the preparation of statements of case and applications and advices, his aim being to return paperwork as soon as possible.

Commercial / Chancery:

  •  Breach of contract / warranty claims
  •  TOLATA / trust of land disputes
  •  Proprietary estoppel
  •  Trust / Contentious probate and wills
  •  Inheritance Act claims
  •  Company law including shareholder / directorship disputes and partnership disputes
  •  Injunctions
  •  Construction (including adjudications and arbitrations)
  •  Insolvency / commercial debt recovery proceedings
  •  Professional negligence
  •  Asset Finance / consumer credit
  •  Court of protection proceedings / mental health
  •  Appeals

Reported cases:

 HSBC Bank PLC V Brown (2015) EWHC 359 (Ch) – Michael successfully defeated Bank’s claim for repossession of land based upon its Charge.

Qualifications

  •  Called to the Bar in 2010
  •  LLB (Hons)
  •  LLM
  •  MCIArb
  •  Chancery Bar Association
  •  Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
  •  ADR Group (Panel Member)
  •  Association of Contentious Trusts & Probate Specialists
  •  Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  • BSB Certified Barristers
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Knowledge Base

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