Civil - 9 Park Place

9 PARK PLACE IS THE ‘GO-TO’ chambers IN WALES FOR Civil work, OFFERING EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE and choice of legal advice and advocacy, AT ALL LEVELS OF REPRESENTATION.

Our Civil Team offers a variety of seniority and technical expertise across the spectrum of matters that we cover, which include Commercial Disputes, Court of Protection, Housing and Landlord & Tenant, Immigration, Inquests & Inquiries, Judicial Review & Local Government, Land Disputes, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence & Professional Discipline and Trusts & Probate.

As a ‘Tier 1’ banded set in the Legal 500 and the Chambers UK Guide for Chancery and Commercial, 9 Park Place offers unrivalled technical skill and a reliable partner on the most complex of matters. Our Civil Team includes Tier / Band 1 specialist barristers on Circuit.

“9 Park Place is a ‘well-respected Cardiff set with high quality counsel’ offering expertise in a broad range of Chancery matters, particularly disputes concerning contested wills, probate, and trusts.”

(Legal 500)

“They are the go-to chambers for chancery in South Wales.”

“With their depth of counsel, I would rarely need to go further afield.’

(Chambers UK Guide)

At the forefront of legal developments in Wales

With extensive experience in dealing with devolved matters, 9 Park Place is at the forefront of legal developments in Wales.

Members of our Team have advised Welsh Government, numerous Local Authorities, Charities, social and commercial landlords and private individuals on the impact of the implementation of the Renting Homes [Wales] Act across the Housing sector in Wales.

In addition, several of our members have been instructed by Welsh Government to provide legal assistance to Welsh Ministers in relation to the COVID Inquiry.

Our counsel are regularly instructed to appear and advise in Judicial Review proceedings in the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal especially in relation to local government, social welfare, environmental, planning, human rights and immigration challenges.

A number of our barristers are on the Attorney General’s Panel of Approved Junior Counsel or Welsh Government’s equivalent. Members of the team have also been appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of Approved Counsel. We have a number of fluent Welsh speakers who are able to conduct advocacy in Welsh.

Our members are regularly instructed in all aspects of commercial property disputes including lease terminations, rent reviews, dilapidations and repair claims, service charges, forfeiture, restrictive covenants and easements.

Our Residential Property work sees us involved in cases involving building and construction disputes, boundaries and Party Wall Act disputes, leasehold enfranchisement, planning and mortgage litigation.

Our team provides expertise across seniorities in a wide range of contractual and commercial disputes heard in the County Court, Business and Property Court and beyond. We advise and appear in partnership disputes, business to business disputes over contracts or supply, insolvency, bankruptcy and company law.

We represent clients across a variety of sectors including financial services, retail, professional services, telecommunications and insurance.

Our barristers advise and represent family members, local authorities and healthcare bodies in often difficult and challenging cases involving the rights of vulnerable adults who do not have capacity to make “best interest” decisions for themselves.

We appear in Personal Welfare applications (involving issues such as Deprivation of Liberty, where the vulnerable adult should live, disputes over contact with family members or complex care packages) and Property & Affairs applications, including contested deputyship and financial matters concerning the Subject Party.

We advise and represent local authorities, housing associations, registered social landlords and private individuals in all areas of Housing Law and Landlord and Tenant.

Legislation in the housing sector is devolved in Wales and our team have advised and lectured extensively in relation to the implementation and effect of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, the biggest single change to the law in Wales in decades.

Our caseload includes matters concerning homelessness, possession proceedings, housing management and policy, unlawful eviction, disrepair, nuisance/anti-social behaviour, Equality Act considerations, Right to Buy and Houses in Multiple Occupation.

We advise and appear in detention, deportation and asylum matters. Our members offer experience in civil damages claims stemming from unlawful detention and other human rights breaches.

Members of our team advise and represent parties at inquests and public inquiries. Our experience ranges from inquests engaging issues of medical or clinical negligence or touching upon deaths in custody, to large-scale and wide-ranging public inquiries dealing with matters of strategic nationwide importance, such as the COVID-19 Inquiry.”

Our counsel are regularly instructed to appear and advise in judicial review proceedings in the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal especially in relation to local government, social welfare, environmental, planning, human rights and immigration challenges.

Our barristers are instructed in all manner of disputes concerning the ownership of land. We offer expertise in adverse possession, boundaries, easements including rights of way, agricultural tenancy cases, planning and village green inquiries, trespass and nuisance, flooding and harassment claims.

We offer a broad range of experience in accident and disease cases across the fast-, intermediate- and multi-tracks. Our team provides expertise in road traffic accident claim (including LVI, fraud and credit hire), serious or catastrophic injury, Employers’ Liability and Public Liability claims.

Members of our team provide experience in dealing with claims against lawyers, accountants, architects, surveyors and other professionals. We also advise and represent parties involved in Fitness to Practise Tribunals, Care Standards Tribunals and Professional Standards Committee Hearings.

Members’ work includes contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate work. We offer specialist advisory and advocacy services in all aspects of trusts and probate litigation. This includes the interpretation of wills and trusts, disputes over the validity of wills, applications to remove executors or trustees, Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act claims, trusts and the beneficial ownership of property, as well as IHT and tax considerations.

A culture of collaboration

Collaboration is the cornerstone of the Civil practice at 9 Park Place, with exceptionally talented and ambitious juniors supported by more senior practitioners in chambers. This supportive environment has enabled the team to flourish and become a leading light on circuit, backed by a nimble approach to supporting clients in an ever-changing legal landscape.

Our Civil Clerking Team is regularly praised for its client care, and the benefit of their exceptionally strong and positive relationships with local courts in Wales. Our clerks regularly go the extra mile for clients, often to tight timeframes.

“They offer a superb service. [Senior Clerk] Michael Lieberman is outstanding.”

‘The civil team, and in particular Michael Lieberman, provide a most efficient service ensuring effective communication with counsel.”

Exceeding expectations

The strength and depth of our Civil Team ensures 9 Park Place can cover hearings from the start of proceedings until the conclusion of the case, with consistent representation and clarity on fees from the outset. For more information and support, please contact our Clerking Team.