Charles Sinclair Email & Phone Number

Charles joined 4KBW, in 2018 after spending several years in a mixed common law set.His practice covers a range of Chambers’ core areas of law, particularly:• Chancery and Finance• Property, Landlord and Tenant (Commercial and Residential)CHANCERY AND FINANCECharles is regularly instructed on contractual disputes in respect of recovery of loans,overdrafts, guarantees, assigned debts, direct debit mandates, and consumer creditrelated matters.Charles has extensive experience acting for mortgage companies in contentious andcomplex possession proceedings, which have included:• Trusts & Beneficial Interest• Fraud• Undue Influence• Overriding Interests• Harassment• Unfair treatment of borrowers• Unconventional defences, such as “freemen of the land”Charles is regularly instructed in respect of matters under the Companies Act 2006, aswell as disputes involving Partnerships and Joint Ventures.Charles also has experience of applications for vesting orders pursuant to the Trustee Act1925.INSOLVENCYCharles has extensive experience in both corporate and personal insolvencyproceedings. Regularly instructed in respect of:• Winding up/bankruptcy petitions,• Applications to rescind winding up orders,• applications to annul,• the appointment of liquidators,• Validations orders (both individual and company),• Applications to restrain advertisement• Applications to set aside statutory demands, and• Applications by trustees for orders for sale.LANDLORD AND TENANT:Charles acts on behalf or Landlords, Management Companies, and Tenants in respect ofCommercial and Residential Landlord and Tenant matters.Charles has successfully represented clients in respect of matters concerning:• Lease Extensions• Rent Reviews• 1954 Act Matters• Disrepair• Forfeiture• Adverse Possession• Boundary disputes• Easements• Restrictive covenants• Unlawful Eviction• Possession ProceedingsTRUSTS OF LANDRegularly instructed on matters that involve, co-ownership, partnerships, and resulting andconstructive trusts. Frequently instructed in applications for orders for sale pursuant to s.14Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996Charles also has experience of applications for vesting orders pursuant to the Trustee Act1925.FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (PROPERTY CHAMBER)Charles is regularly instructed on behalf of Landlords, Leaseholders, and RTM Companies inmatters before the Tribunal.

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