Paul de la Piquerie

Paul's practice covers Chambers' core areas of expertise with a particular focus on the following:

Real Property
Commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters, lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, leasehold enfranchisement, forfeiture, breaches of covenant, easements, nuisance, trespass and injunctive relief.

Insolvency
Corporate and personal insolvency, winding-up petitions, bankruptcy petitions and applications arising out of statutory demands.

Commercial
Contractual disputes on both the fast and multi-track, in County Courts and the High Court. Commercial mediations.

Paul graduated from the University of St. Andrews with an MA in International Relations before completing the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law. He won the College of Law debating and mooting competitions in 2005 and 2006 as well as the Zenith Chambers Prize for advocacy.

Paul appears regularly in the High Court and County Courts and also at hearings and mediations in the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.

featured cases 

Francotyp-Postalia Limited v Whitehead [2011] EWHC 367 Ch.D (Peter Smith J.)
Appeared for the Claimant in a case concerning the severability of covenants in restraint of trade in commercial franchise agreements.

Westminster Court (St Albans) Management Limited v Hall (2010) 
Represented the Defendant in a dispute involving the proper construction of company articles of association and the variation of a long lease under section 35 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.

KPM-UK Taxis Plc v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (2009) Central London County Court
Represented the landlord in a claim for a lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 involving the proper construction of the demolition or reconstruction ground of opposition contained in section 30(1)(f) of the Act.

Premier Resort Hotels Limited & Another v KD Catering Butchers Limited & Another (2008) Ch.D (Warren J.)
Appeared for the creditor Respondent in joined applications for injunctions to restrain the presentation of winding-up petitions.