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Brabners Chaffe Street appoints property litigation specialist
11/08/2010

Brabners Chaffe Street has further strengthened its property litigation expertise with the appointment of Rachel Watkin as a Partner in Liverpool.

A specialist property and chancery litigation lawyer with 13 years experience, Rachel joins from Halliwells where she launched and established a niche property litigation team in the firm's Liverpool office. Previously she did the same at Hill Dickinson's Chester office. At Brabners Chaffe Street Rachel will head up the Property Litigation team of nine, the largest property litigation team in the city, and will advise clients on commercial lease disputes (from forfeiture to dilapidations), freehold matters, including restrictive covenant disputes, easements disputes, professional negligence claims and any other land related matters.

Rachel has been involved in a number of reported cases, notably the Court of Appeal cases of Williams v Sandy Lane (Chester) Limited (2006) and Margerison v Bates (2008), both of which have become key authorities.

In addition, Rachel is a regular presenter on the RICS lecture circuits for the Northern and Wales regions. In 2010 she has presented seminars on property case law arising out of the recession and in 2009 she lectured on the flexible doctrine of proprietory estoppel.

Mark Brandwood, Managing Partner at Brabners Chaffe Street, said: “Rachel will bring valuable expertise and a wealth of experience to our property litigation team. She has an excellent reputation and brings with her a proven track record of success. Her appointment reflects our commitment to continuing to grow our team and expand our offering to clients.”

Rachel says: “I am looking forward to taking up a new challenge at Brabners Chaffe Street. Having already proven my ability to build a team, it will be a refreshing change to work with an established team that is already going from strength to strength. I am looking forward to becoming an integral part of the firm as we work towards the continued growth of the business.”


For further information contact Rachel Watkin at Brabners Chaffe Street on 0151 600 3057

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