Year of call 2001
Instructing Carl
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“Carl has always been excellent in terms of clients service. His opinions are clear and concise.”
Chambers UK 2024
“Carl is excellent with clients, responsive and is very good at offering solutions and breaking down complicated subjects for clients.”
Chambers UK 2024
“Carl is a very capable and efficient advocate. He gets to the heart of the matter quickly and provides savvy commercial advice.”
Chambers UK 2024
‘Highly effective and very user-friendly.’
Legal 500 2024
“Carl is very good in his technical approach and is able to apply his considerable intellect to client objectives.” “He is very knowledgeable, and clients get a lot of confidence from his persuasive and effective manner.” “Carl Fain stands out for his technical brilliance and speed of work.”
Chambers UK 2023
“Carl is an excellent all round barrister. He is highly knowledgeable, very articulate, commercial and able to provide clients with clear advice in conference. He is also an excellent advocate.”
Legal 500 2023
“Carl Fain ranks highly among sources thanks to his first-rate work on a range of real estate issues, including dilapidations claims, business tenancy renewals and enfranchisement.”
Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2022 Real Estate
“He provides clear and concise opinions and is also a tenacious advocate.” “He has a flexible approach and grasps the commercial drivers of any particular matter.”
Chambers UK 2022
“Carl is an exceptional barrister who is able to very quickly grasp the key elements of a dispute and provide clear and succinct advice. He is also very commercial and particularly persuasive on his feet.”
Legal 500 2022
“Carl is pragmatic, incredibly user-friendly and has an excellent manner. He’s very down to earth and everyone understands where he’s coming from. Bright, hard-working and reliable.”
Chambers UK 2021
“He combines first rate technical know how with sound commercial judgment and superb client management skills.”
Legal 500 2021
“He brings a good sense of commerciality to a transaction and also expresses himself both pre-trial and during the hearing with concision and insight.” “He is easy to work with and very keen to help you out.” “A fantastic advocate.”
Chambers UK 2020
“Bright, thinks on his feet and is a team player.”
Legal 500 2020 (Property Litigation)
“A talented property barrister with expertise in business tenancy renewals, service charge disputes and dilapidation claims. His practice also takes in landlord and tenant matters, mortgage-related claims and property-related professional negligence cases. He is a noted expert on party wall issues.” “Carl is pragmatic, incredibly user-friendly and has an excellent manner.” “A tenacious advocate who gives practical advice.”
Chambers UK 2019
Recorder (Crime).
Carl Fain has a specialist property and chancery practice, with a focus on landlord and tenant. His work includes all aspects of commercial and residential landlord and tenant including dilapidations claims, business tenancy renewals, enfranchisement, rights of first refusal, RTM, appointment of managers and service charge disputes.
Carl has been ranked as a leading Junior in Property Litigation / Real Estate Litigation in the legal directories for a number of years and has recently been described by the directories as “a fantastic advocate”,”pragmatic, incredibly user-friendly and has an excellent manner” and as a “bright, proactive and an extremely tenacious and effective advocate.”
As well as appearing frequently in the County Court and the High Court, Carl has represented clients in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and the Court of Appeal.
Carl regularly presents seminars on property related matters. He has been a speaker at a SJ Live event, and has presented Webinars for LexisNexis and seminars for the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Carl is also an author of LexisNexis Question and Answer series.
As a former Management Consultant, solicitors and clients appreciate the commercial eye that he brings to his legal practice.
In 2023 Carl was appointed as a Recorder to sit on the South Eastern Circuit (Crime).
Disputes including mortgage related claims and in particular LPA receivers, property related professional negligence, co-ownership, easements, nuisance, restrictive covenants, boundary disputes and Party Wall Act matters.
Cases include: Yeung v Potel [2014] 2 EGLR 125, Power v Shah [2022] EWHC 209 (QB), Cheung v Mackenzie [2022] EWHC 1694 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 220 (Ch).
Work includes all aspects of commercial and residential landlord and tenant including dilapidations claims, business tenancy renewals, rights of first refusal, RTM, appointment of managers and service charge disputes.
Cases include: Various Lessees of Battersea Reach and St George Wharf v St George South London Ltd & Oths [2023], Walcott v Jones [2018] L&TR 11, Admiralty Park Management Company Ltd v Ojo [2016] UKUT 0421 (LC), Lee v Sommer [2015] EWHC 3889 (Ch), Christoforou v Standard Apartments Ltd [2014] L&TR 12, Idealview Ltd v Bello [2010] 1 EGLR 39, Kyriacou v Linden [2021] UKUT 288 (LC), Dorrington Residential ltd v 56 Clifton Gardens Ltd [2022] UKUT 266 (LC).
Acts for landlords and tenants in claims under the 1967 and 1993 Acts and Part I of the 1987 Act. Carl appears regularly in court and the tribunals.
Cases include LM Homes Ltd & Others v Queen Court Freehold Company Ltd [2020] 2 WLR 1135, Colegate & Oths v GJB Estates Ltd, 10.12.18, HHJ Berkley Unreported,Cadogan Holdings Ltd v Orphic M Ltd LON/00AW/OLR/2016/0503, Queensbridge Investment Ltd v 61 Queens Gate Freehold Ltd [2015] ELGR 5, Achieving Perfection Ltd v Gray, 18.5.15, HHJ Coltart, Unreported, Brickfield Properties Ltd v Ullah [2022] UKUT 25 (LC).
Acts for and against Banks and institutional lenders in mortgage claims. Carl frequently acts for LPA Receivers.
Acts in property related professional negligence and in particular negligence in enfranchisement.
From single contracts for the purchase of a flat to large developments, Carl acts for vendors and purchasers and his cases include Rabiu & Oths v Marbray Ltd [2013] EWHC 3272 (Ch), Barnard v Zarbarfi [2010] EWHC 3256 (Ch).