Contact Justin  020 8221 8000 justin.barker@bowlinglaw.co.uk

Sector teams - Real estate investment and development

Expertise - Real estate disputes

Justin joined Bowling & Co last year.  He specialises in the resolution of real estate disputes.  He has broad experience in this field and in advising on contentious issues in land transactions.  He has expertise in commercial landlord and tenant matters, including lease renewals, dilapidations, service charges, rent reviews, forfeiture and the enforcement of covenants, acting for both tenants and landlords.

He has also acted on a wide range of other property matters: residential long-leasehold and housing law; disputes over rights of way and other easements, restrictive covenants, adverse possession, boundaries and commons; nuisance; property-related professional negligence claims; insolvency issues in connection with leases; and the enforcement of charges.

Qualified 2001 (Barrister, England and Wales), 2004 (Solicitor, England and Wales)

Career

2001 Beachcroft LLP, Solicitor

2005 Memery Crystal LLP

2007 Thomson Snell & Passmore, Senior Associate Solicitor

2009 Bowling & Co, Senior Associate Solicitor

2010 Bowling & Co Partner

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