William Hansen
Year of Call: 1992
Email Address: [email protected]
CJSM: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7583 8055
Clerks Details
- Clerk Name: Tom Cox
- Clerk Telephone: 0117 928 1520
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
- Clerk Name: Gemma Faulkner
- Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Property and Estates
William Hansen sits as a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division and is also a Deputy Chancery Master and therefore has broad expertise in all areas of Chancery practice. His property practice encompasses all areas of real estate litigation including adverse possession, boundaries, conveyancing, co-ownership, easements, land registration, mortgages, options, restrictive covenants, property damage claims and trusts of land.
William also provides expertise in all aspects of the law of landlord and tenant, including business tenancy renewals, dilapidations, forfeiture, leasehold covenants and service charge disputes.
He is a Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) for both land registration and residential property cases.
William’s expertise in property law extends to cases where property rights and principles of insolvency meet, and he has also been instructed in a number of cases involving disputes about sporting and fishing rights.
William acts for a wide range of clients and welcomes direct professional access work. He is also a trained mediator who can offer his services to those looking to mediate property disputes.
He is also a member of the Attorney-General’s A Panel of Counsel to the Crown in civil matters and regularly acts for a variety of government agencies.
Cases
Artist Court Collective Ltd v. Khan, [2016] EWHC 2453 (Ch), [2017] Ch 53
Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and rights of first refusal.
Bean v Saxton [2016] UKUT 168 (TCC)
Determined boundaries.
Top Brands Ltd v. Sharma [2015] EWCA Civ 1140
Illegality.
Orme v Lyons [2012] EWHC 3308 (Ch)
Approach of appellate court to inferences drawn by Adjudicator.
Wilkinson v. Farmer (CA), [2010] NPC 105
Proper approach to construction of 1898 deed.
Heslop v Bishton [2009] EWHC 607 (Ch), [2009] 2 EGLR 11
Diversion of easements.
Virdi v Chana [2008] EWHC 2901 (Ch)
Easements of parking.
Wallbank v Price [2007] EWHC 3001 (Ch), [2008] 2 FLR 501
Undue influence and duress.
Sims v. Mahon [2005] 3 EGLR 67
Term implied into covenant against building without prior approval of plans.
Mountney v. Treharne (CA) [2003] Ch 135
Equitable maxims and proprietary rights in the context of insolvency proceedings.
Eyre v. McCracken (CA) (2001) 33 HLR 16
Liability under repairing covenant to repair inherent defect.
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