SEBASTIAN CLEGG
Call 1994 Inner Temple
Business and professional risks
BA (Bristol)
clegg@deanscourt.co.uk
'Advises on the basis of clear reasoning'
- Legal 500, 2009
‘Has gained a reputation for his commercial experience’
– Legal 500, 2008
Education
Eton College and Bristol University (BA Mathematics and Philosophy)
Areas of Practice
General commercial and chancery work
Including insolvency, company law, partnership disputes, commercial landlord and tenant, land law, insurance, securities/legal charges, local government, trusts, probate and inheritance
Common law
Including professional negligence, nuisance and contractual disputes
Non-contentious work
Advice for personal representatives and trustees as to their duties and construction of appointing instruments. Commercial and insolvency advice. Notable work includes advising and representing the first wave of Probation Trusts following the Offender Management Act 2007 in their negotiations with the Ministry of Justice for the setting up of their contracts.
Notable cases
Lambert & Ors v Barratt Homes Ltd & Rochdale MBC [2010] EWCA Civ 681 (appeal; nuisance; flooding)
Lambert v Barratt Homes Ltd & Rochdale MBC (2009) 32 EG 70 (nuisance; flooding)
Valentine v Khan & Ors [2009] EWHC 1632 (Ch) (Sale of business; transaction at undervalue; liability of directors; S.214 Insolvancy Act 1986)
Brooks v Young (2008) 37 EG 148 CA (rights of way)
Valentine v Bangla TV Ltd. [2007] 1 BCLC 609 (Sale of business; transaction at under value; s238 Insolvency Act 1986)
Mehnaz v Sabre Insurance Co Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1525 (Costs)
Bradford & Bingley v Ross [2005] EWCA Civ 394 (Banking and finance; mortgage claims; sale to associated company at undervalue)
West Bromwich Building Society v Crammer [2002] EWHC 2618 Ch (Bankruptcy; statutory demand; appropriation of proceeds of sale of mortgaged property)
North British Housing Association v Sheridan [1999] 2 EGLR 138 CA (Landlord and tenant; effect of statutory amendment on terms of tenancy)
In Re Westmaze Ltd (1998) Times, July 15 (construction of debenture; characteristics of fixed and floating charges)
Professional Association
Chancery Bar Association