Martin Collier
Called to the Bar in 1982
Martin Collier joined Fenners Chambers in 1984.
Now specialising in chancery related matters, his wide experience across the legal disciplines informs his approach.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Property
- Probate & Inheritance
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Property: freehold property; formal and informal trusts, including claims between cohabitants; boundaries and easements; property-related professional negligence
- Probate & Inheritance: contentious probate and Inheritance Act claims
For more detailed guides, click on either of the practice areas listed.
HIS WORK
Martin accepts instructions from members of the public and professionals as well as from solicitors.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Express trusts
- Constructive and resulting trusts and estoppels, including claims between cohabiting couples and family members
- Applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
- Boundaries and easements
- Problems with title and adverse possession
- Trespass and nuisance
- Restrictive covenants
- Professional negligence arising out property issues
HIS WORK
Martin accepts instructions on a Licensed Access and a Public Access basis.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- The construction of restrictive covenants
- Fraudulent execution of a conveyance
- Professional negligence arising out of the purchase of a holiday home
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Contentious probate disputes
- Administration of estates
- Applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975
HIS WORK
- Martin accepts instructions on a Licensed Access and a Public Access basis.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Claims of undue influence when varying the disposition of an intestate estate
- Inheritance Act claims following short marriages
- Claims to remove executors
QUALIFICATIONS
MA: Oxford
MEMBER
Chancery Bar Association
Ecclesiastical Law Society
