PRACTICE AREAS

REAL PROPERTY

Bruce has extensive experience in real property work. Key areas in which he regularly advises and litigates are:

Conveyancing: contracts, transfers, s.2 LP(MP)A 1989, construction, rectification, specific performance, termination for breach, options, pre-emptions, overage clauses
Land registration: priority of interests, alteration and rectification of the register, applications to the First Tier Tribunal
Mortgages and charges: legal, equitable, priority, undue influence, mortgagee’s duties, charging orders
Restrictive covenants: whether binding, enforcement in the courts, removal or modification in the UT Lands Chamber
Boundaries and adverse possession
Easements and profits: acquisition by express grant / reservation, implication and prescription, rights of way, rights to park, water rights, rights of support, shooting, interference, injunctions
Trespass
Nuisance: tree roots, water, noise etc
Co-ownership: express, constructive and resulting trusts, equitable accounting, TLATA 1996
Joint ventures and partnerships
Proprietary estoppel
Licences
Professional liability
Planning

Landlord and tenant work is a mainstay in Bruce's practice. His regular work includes:

Commercial, agricultural and residential tenancies
Termination and possession (including forfeiture, relief and waiver, surrender, disclaimer, break clauses)
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 renewals
Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 including succession, Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 farm business tenancies
Covenants against assignment or other alienation.
Dilapidations
Rent review
Licences
Construction and rectification

Bruce regularly advises and litigates in the fields of wills, trusts, probate and administration. His work includes:

Probate claims (due execution, testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, undue influence, forgery, fraud)
Challenges to inheritance, including ademption, satisfaction, election, deathbed gifts, promises to leave property by will, setting aside lifetime gifts for undue influence or lack of capacity.
Construction and rectification of wills.
Administration actions (beneficiary and trustee disputes, removing executors and trustees, restraining powers to appoint new trustees, trustees’ duties and powers, distribution and winding up).
Trusts in the home (express, constructive and resulting trusts, equitable accounting, TLATA 1996).
Claims under the Inheritance Act 1975.

Bruce has experience in the following:

Practice Areas: Resume