Bruce Walker
| Call details | 1994 (Gray’s Inn) |
| Summary of Practice |
Land law (all aspects), landlord and tenant, wills and trusts, general commercial and contract, construction. |
| Professional Associations | Chancery Bar Association |
| Qualifications | BSc(Hons) (First Class) Dip. Law |
| Education |
The Manchester Grammar School
Downing College, Cambridge University Sheffield University University of Westminster |
| Scholarships | Prince of Wales Scholar 1992 (Gray’s Inn) Prince of Wales Scholar 1993 (Gray’s Inn) |
| Personal |
Ski instructor, enjoys walking (experience in the Alps, Himalaya and Arctic), golf, fly fishing and scuba diving. |
| Reported cases |
• Re Fairclough Homes Ltd LP/30/2001 (Lands
Tribunal, successfully resisting application for modification / discharge
of restrictive covenants, so preventing intensive development of land
in prestigious location of North Leeds).
• Race v. Race [2002] WTLR 1193 (ademption applies to gifts of land) • Ward v. Wrightson (New Law Online 202022801) (Inheritance Act claim by co-habitee) |
| Recent significant cases |
• Whether landlord's refusal to consent to assignment of lease was unreasonably withheld (representing Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive as landlord of a high profile prime commercial development site in the centre of Newcastle). • Proposed class action against national housebuilder for defective building works in luxury apartments in York. |
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