Nicholas Berry 

Membership Status: Barrister - Full Member

General Information

Nicholas Berry is a commercial and chancery barrister working mainly for medium-sized companies and businesses and local authorities in the South West of England. For many years, he has also been instructed in multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes here and abroad.

Nicholas commenced his practice in a common law set in Gray’s Inn and continues to carry out a substantial amount of work in London. He is generally instructed by long-standing solicitor and professional clients, by recommendation. As well as being instructed in company and partnership disputes, he is often instructed to directly represent firms of solicitors, barristers, surveyors, architects, doctors and veterinarians on their own commercial issues and on private and sensitive matters.

Areas of law

Property Law (including non-contentious)

Conveyancing:

Boundary, easements and other land rights:

Planning Law:

Wills and Trusts

Companies and Partnership

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (e.g., copyright and database law not including patents) is a significant part of Nicholas' practice. The internet has spawned a large number of disputes about ownership rights of the names, ideas, produce, assets and advertising of people and their businesses online with increasingly multi-national dimensions.

Landlord and Tenant

Mainly commercial landlord and tenant drafting and advising on leases for both landlords and tenants, disputes arising under the LTA 1984, dilapidations, lease enfranchisement and extensions.

Construction

Advising on all types of construction disputes on large and small developments.

Arbitration and International Disputes

Advising multinational persons and companies in pursuing claims relating to assets and disputes both here and abroad including settlements and trusts of property and businesses in Hong Kong, India, offshore trusts, Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany.

Defamation

Nicholas has dealt with the ever-rising tide of defamation claims as a result of online activities by rivals in business, love, and religion.

Professional Negligence

Nicholas maintains the utmost privacy and confidentiality when dealing with these issues for all types of clients.

Languages

Personal Interests

Nicholas lives in Exmoor on a small farm holding with Exmoor horn sheep and Red Devon cattle. He also enjoys sailing.

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Nicholas Berry

phone01823 247 247

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Qualified in 1998