John Clargo

Call 1994
Email john.clargo@3pb.co.uk
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Property & Chancery

Since completing pupillage (first six: intellectual property; second six: general common law) John has specialised in advocacy and advisory work in all landlord and tenant and real property law. He also accepts instructions dealing with property-related professional negligence.

His residential L&T clients are almost exclusively landlords whereas his commercial L&T clients are both landlords and tenants. He has very wide experience of dealing with cases involving the construction, assignment, termination and renewal of leases, enfranchisement and the enforcement of covenants. He has frequently dealt with housing cases (including homelessness) and cases involving non-tenant occupiers of land (licensees and squatters).

In real property John regularly deals with easements, restrictive covenants, conveyancing and registration issues, boundaries, adverse possession, mortgages (including LPA receiverships – acting for both banks and receivers), trusts (including cohabitant TOLATA cases), options and overage agreements.

Among the more unusual matters John has advised on are riparian rights, river bed licences and insurance claims under the Riot Damages Act 1886

John has appeared in the Supreme Court, the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the County Court as well as the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, the Land Registry (both before the Solicitor and more recently the Adjudicator) and the Lands Tribunal.

Notable Cases

Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Meier [2010] PTSR 321, [2010] NPC 3, [2010] 1 All ER 855, [2009] UKSC 11, [2009] 49 EG 70, [2009] 1 WLR 2780 (Real property; Trespass to land; Remedies; Injunctions; Ministerial guidance; Possession orders; Travellers) (HL/SC)

Swanston Grange (Luton) Management Ltd v Langley-Essen [2008] L. & T.R. 20
(Landlord and tenant; Breach; Covenants; Estoppel; Jurisdiction; Leasehold valuation tribunals; Underleases; Waiver) (Lands Tribunal)

Popely v Heltfield Properties Ltd [2005] EWHC 368 (Real property; beneficial ownership; evidential burden; resulting trusts; sale of land) (Ch D)

Courtney Lodge Management Ltd v Blake [2004] EWCA Civ 975, [2005] 1 P. & C.R. 17, [2005] L. & T.R. 2, Times 15th July 2004
(Forfeiture of leases; difference of meaning between 'permit' and 'suffer') (CA)

St Ermin's Property Co. Ltd. v Draper [2004] EWHC 697
(Setting aside judgment; failure to attend trial; absence of medical certificate) (Ch D)

Hayling v Harper [2003] 39 EG 117, [2004] 1 P&CR 563, [2003] 3 E.G.L.R. 5 (CA) (Easements; prescriptive acquisition) (CA)

Murthy & Anor v Sivajothi & Ors [1999] 1 WLR 467
(Conflict of laws; enforcement of foreign judgments) (CA)

Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley & Ors [1999] Lloyd's Rep 438
(Trusts; breach of trusts; knowing receipt; knowing assistance; dishonesty) (CA)