Oliver Wooding
Call 2009 (Middle Temple)
Qualifications BA (Hons) Modern History (Oxon.), M.St Modern History (History of the United States of America) (Oxon.), GDL (City)
Awards Exhibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxford (2003-2005), Scholarship from the Rhodes Trust (2003), Queen Mother Scholar and Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner of Middle Temple (2007-2009)
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Background
Oliver grew up in Somerset and went to school in Taunton. During his time reading History at Lincoln College Oxford, he was awarded a scholarship to study abroad at Princeton University. After university, he worked as Parliamentary Assistant to Geoffrey Cox QC, MP, based in Bideford and at Westminster. This has provided him with a good understanding of how local and national government works, and a keen awareness of the concerns of businesses and organisations throughout the West Country. He joined St John’s Chambers in October 2010 upon the successful completion of his pupillage.
Areas of Practice
Oliver has a general chancery and commercial practice. He practises in the following areas:
Trusts, Probate and Inheritance
- Administration of estates (he has experience in particular of Re Yorke applications)
- Validity and construction of wills
- Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
- All aspects of contentious probate
- Co-ownership and trusts of land, including proprietary estoppel claims
- Construction and variation of trusts
Real Property
- Mobile homes
- Mortgages
- Boundary disputes and easements
- All aspects of Landlord and Tenant, including possession proceedings
- Professional negligence
Company and Commercial
- Company disputes
- Commercial contract disputes (including confidential information and restrictive covenants)
- Partnership (both disputes and non-contentious matters)
- Sale of Goods
- Supply of Goods and Services
- Agency
- The law of guarantees
- Construction claims
Insolvency (Corporate and Personal)
Oliver regularly acts on behalf of creditors and debtors (both companies and individuals).
Personal
Oliver’s interests include history, most sports (particularly athletics; he won a Half Blue in the hammer whilst at Oxford), country music and cooking. He lives in Exeter.
