Philip Jenkins
Call 2003 (Middle Temple)
Qualifications BA Hons (Leeds) First Class (French with Spanish), Phd (Bristol) (‘Baudrillard: Deconstruction and Alterity’), PGDL (City)
Scholarships Harmsworth Major Scholarship and Sachs Prize (both Middle Temple)
Professional Memberships Chancery Bar Association, Property Bar Association, STEP (student member) and Bar Pro Bono Unit
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Areas of Practice
Philip’s practice embraces the full range of chancery and related commercial fields and his time is divided between advising, drafting (contentious and non-contentious) and litigating. The areas of specialism in which he regularly receives instructions are:
Wills, estates, Inheritance Act claims, trusts
- Drafting and interpretation of wills, deeds of variation and related IHT/CGT taxation advice, rectification claims and contentious probate
- The administration of estates generally, passing over, removal of PRs, administration actions and accounts (including of attorneys)
- Inheritance Act claims for all classes of applicants, frequently in tandem with trust claims, including advice to court on behalf of minors and patients and related IHT/CGT taxation advice
- Drafting trusts and related deeds, IHT/CGT and trusts, claims for breach of trust, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt and related proprietary remedies
Property
- All aspects of real property including conveyancing and registration, restrictive covenants, easements, customary rights, adverse possession, boundary disputes, co-ownership, estoppel, mortgages and charges
- Commercial landlord and tenant matters including renewals, rent reviews, surrender, forfeiture and dilapidations
- Residential landlord and tenant matters
Commercial and insolvency
- Professional negligence of solicitors, particularly involving property, trust and estate matters
- Commercial contracts and breach of contract including sale of goods and consumer credit matters
- Shareholder disputes
- Partnership disputes
- Personal insolvency including statutory demand disputes, annulment applications, orders for sale, trustee costs, bankruptcy and divorce
Reported cases
- Re The Estate of Norman Edward Sutton, Deceased sub nom Rosalie Sutton (as Personal Representative) v (1) Mark Philip Sutton (2) Susan Deborah Sutton (Acting as Trustees of the Edrosa Settlement (2009) [2009] EWHC 2576 (Ch)
- Society of Lloyd’s v Jaffray& Ors [2008] 1 WLR 75 (Taylor v Lawrence)
- Society of Lloyd’s v Henderson & Ors [2008] Lloyd’s Rep IR 317 (MPO)
