Formerly a litigation solicitor with a leading City of London firm, Adrian transferred to the bar in 1998. His practice covers wills, probate and trusts, real property, landlord and tenant, mortgages, claims against the Police and defamation. As a former solicitor, he has frequently appeared in costs cases, including in the Court of Appeal. He is an experienced advocate, and also has a substantial advisory practice.
Adrian is a barrister in England & Wales, Gibraltar and the BVI.
Adrian is qualified to accept instructions under the Bar Council Public Access scheme.
Reported Cases
One Money Mail Limited v Ria Financial Services [2015] EWCA Civ 1084
Day v. Day (costs) (Ct. App.) [2006] C. P. Rep. 35, 103 (13) L. S. G. 23
[2016] EWHC 862 (QB)
Salekipour and Saleem v Parmar [2017] EWCA Civ 2141 [2018] Q.B. 833
Articles
Adrian Davies is interviewed by Lexis Nexis on his success in the matter of Salekipour and Saleem v Parmar in the Court of Appeal, read here.
Degree/University
MA Modern Languages (Jesus College, Cambridge)
LLM (University College London)
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
A Barrister in England & Wales, Gibraltar and the BVI.
Areas of Practice
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Chancery Work
Real Property
Landlord & Tenant
Trusts of Land including Property of Cohabitees; Resulting &
Constructive Trusts; Proprietary Estoppel; Undue Influence.
Inheritance Act
Wills, Probate and Trusts
Professional Negligence
Insolvency
Breach of Confidence
Civil Actions against the Police
Civil Costs
Languages
Fluent in French and Croatian
Other Information
Adrian has had multiple client from Switzerland and Belguim, Swiss and Belgian clients
Adrian used to work in Paris
Before becoming a barrister, Adrian worked six years as a Solicitor at Slaughter & May