Zoë Barton

Zoë’s thriving practice spans the range of property, commercial and chancery work in which Chambers specialises. Her particular emphasis is on real property, residential and commercial landlord and tenant, insolvency, wills and probate and commercial disputes.

Zoë’s client base includes private individuals, trustees, management companies, developers, commercial landlords, major financial institutions and even a sovereign state.

Her busy schedule takes her to the County Courts, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions of the High Court for both trials and interim applications, including those for injunctive relief.

Property

Zoë is instructed in all areas of work concerned with real estate. Characteristic instructions concern dilapidations and other breach of covenant claims, 1954 Act renewals, the construction of break clauses, forfeiture, enfranchisement claims, prescriptive easements, trespass, beneficial ownership disputes raising resulting and constructive trusts or proprietary estoppel.

Commercial & Chancery

Zoë receives instructions also in a range of general commercial disputes and traditional chancery matters to which she brings her broad experience of equitable remedies as well as tortious and contractual principles. Recent instructions have concerned equitable fraud and undue influence, professional negligence, building disputes, solicitors’ fees actions, claims under the Inheritance Act 1975 and the interpretation of wills.

Zoë was called to the Bar in 2003 having obtained a MA in Politics at Edinburgh and converted to law by reading for the Postgraduate Diploma in Law at City University, during which time she was awarded the City University Scholarship. At Bar School she was graded 'Outstanding' in Civil Procedure, Property and Chancery. She has also been the recipient of the David Karmel Award and Lord Justice Holker Scholarship from Gray’s Inn.

Year of Call: 2003
Professional memberships: Chancery Bar Association, Property Bar Association

Publications:
Zoë is a contributing editor to the Lawyer’s Factbook
(Sweet & Maxwell, London, Looseleaf)

Email: zoe.barton@selbornechambers.co.uk