Rhys John is a well-respected practitioner who advises on high value and complex litigation in the areas of Chancery (including Insolvency Contentious Probate and Property in all its forms), Commercial, Property and Employment/Regulatory Law. He is also experienced in negligence claims against professionals, including clinicians. He retains strong links with Wales and the West and is familiar with all aspects of Welsh property law where that diverges.
He advises companies in respect of internal and external disputes between owners, partners and employees, before and after disputes arise. He believes that early pro-active and considered advice is the key to containing disputes, and he is from time to time retained by companies as an adviser.He has experience appearing before the SCCO on costs matters. Member of the Chancery Bar Association & Employment Law Bar Association.
Core Areas Of Practice
Property
Rhys has acted in complex agricultural cases involving recovery of farm payments, complex historic partnership arrangements, boundary disputes, and complex division of assets. He also advises in relation to trusts and settlements arising from the breakdown of marriages and other personal partnerships.
He is instructed on high value claims in the High Court in matters as diverse as rights of way issues to claims concerning TOLATA. He is regularly instructed on claims worth in excess of £1 million. He has recently been instructed, inter alia, in substantial property litigation involving the large scale capitalisation of income, and in associated litigation in other venues.
