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Benjamin Faulkner

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+44 (0)20 7306 0102bfaulkner@wilberforce.co.uk

Commercial

Ben is often instructed in banking and commercial matters, both on his own account or in larger cases as part of a team.

Recent instructions include:

  • A complex and very high value mortgage possession case (led by Tom Grant QC), acting for a major bank, which included a successful multi-headed 2-day strike out application.
  • Advising a consultant services company in relation to a potential claim for repudiatory breach of a services agreement
  • Advising a substantial agency company in relation to a claim for unfair prejudice
  • Acting for a purchaser of a company in relation to breaches of warranties in the share purchase agreement
  • Advising in a confidential case concerning financial assistance rules.
  • Acting for a well-known call centre in a complex commercial dispute concerning the sales of loft and cavity wall insulation (led by Graeme Halkerston).
  • Clerk Details

    Danny Smillie +44 (0)20 7304 2857
    +44 (0)7834 572 592

    Conor Michaels +44 (0)20 7304 2852
    +44 (0)7969 256 302

    Luke Farmer +44 (0)20 7304 2915

    Georgia Pilbro +44 (0)20 7304 2918

  • Qualifications and Appointments

    Law Scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Graduated in 2007 with a first class degree, finishing fifth in the year.

    William McNair Prize in 2006 and 2007 for the top first at Gonville and Caius College in both years.

    Denning Scholarship and Hardwicke Entrance award from Lincoln’s Inn.

    Buchanan Prize for obtaining an “outstanding” grade in the BVC.

  • Memberships

    Chancery Bar Association

    Association of Pension Lawyers (Associate member)

    Property Bar Association

    Bar Pro Bono panel

  • Publications

    Editor of ‘Hill and Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant’ (ongoing) (sections on Commonhold tenure, and unfair terms in tenancy agreements)

    Contributor to the Pension Scheme Actuaries chapter in Professional Negligence and Liability loose-leaf (ongoing)

    ‘Butterworths Property Law Handbook’ 10th Edition (2013) and 11th Edition (2018)

    A Game Changer? S Franses v Cavendish Hotel E.G. 26 August 2017, 1734, 48-50

    An irregular presumption: Is the Schottish approach to the so-called presumption of regularity really “common sense” Practical Law Journal (23 March 2017)

    ‘Ramsay v Love‘ (2015) Wilberforce Property Update (Issue 1) May 2015

    ‘Quantification of release fees: principle and practice’(2012) Development Disputes: current issues for property litigators

    ‘A room with a view’ (2010) New Law Journal Vol 160, No 7405

  • BSB/VAT information

    Registered name: Benjamin Charles Gatehouse Faulkner
    VAT number: 983149881

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