Christopher Snell

New Square Chambers

Advice and representation in all areas of commercial and chancery litigation.

Instructed on behalf of both retail and investment banks [including BNY Mellon; HSBC; Royal Bank of Scotland] in relation to a variety of commercial issues.

Retained in relation to a wide range of international disputes; including disputes in the Bahamas; Isle of Man; BVI and Kuwait.

Practice Areas

Panels

Case Analysis Panel
Contributing Author
Q&A Panel

Qualified Year

2010

Membership

Chancery Bar Association

Education

BVC (Outstanding), College of Law
LLB (Hons), University of Birmingham

2 Contributions by Christopher Snell

Q&As

Prescription Act & lost modern grant: consent after 20yr parking

For this Q&A, we proceed on the basis that the easements are recorded on the title... Prescription Act 1832 The Prescription Act 1832 (PA 1832) sets out a statutory route for acquiring easements by prescription, operating in parallel with common law prescription and the doctrine of lost modern grant. The statutory framework can be outlined as follows: Easements other than rights of light: continuous, uninterrupted enjoyment for 40 years establishes a claim that is indefeasible save by express consent. Enjoyment for 20 years creates a claim that cannot be defeated by showing the right could not have existed since 1180, though it may still be overcome by any other available defences...

Property

Q&As

SPT after AST: does break clause require two months’ notice?

General principles Once a fixed-term assured shorthold tenancy (AST) ends, a periodic tenancy arises by operation of section 5 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988). Under s 5(3)(d) HA 1988, the duration of that periodic tenancy is set by reference to the interval for which rent was last due under the preceding fixed-term tenancy itself as specified by that statute...