Property overview
Gatehouse Chambers is recognised as a leading property set by the legal directories, which comment on our strength and depth in all areas of property work at both silk and junior levels. John de Waal KC and Brie Stevens-Hoare KC are both past winners of the Real Estate Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 and Chambers Bar Awards respectively. Jamal Demachkie also won the prestigious Real Estate Junior of the Year Award at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023, as well as Property and Housing Junior of the Year Award at the Legal 500 Awards in 2020 and 2022.
Gatehouse Chambers act for a full range of clients from private individuals to large multi-national companies and pride ourselves on delivering clear, prompt and commercially astute advice. Property disputes often raise a range of issues and one of our main strengths is our ability to tap into expertise in related areas such as commercial dispute resolution, construction and insolvency.
Recognition “"Gatehouse are a fantastic set; they have great experience and depth across real estate disputes."”The Legal 500, 2025 “"They have a range of high quality barristers, supported by a fantastic clerks' room."”The Legal 500, 2025 “"Gatehouse has a very good set of junior barristers and has become our go to for any possession matters we are instructed on."”The Legal 500, 2025 “"I work a lot with Gatehouse Chambers and I find their service to be exceptional."”The Legal 500, 2023 “"Gatehouse offers a service which is second to none at the property bar."”The Legal 500, 2023 “"They are the most user friendly set I work with and counsel are happy to work flexibly and in a more modern fashion."”The Legal 500, 2023 News
Gatehouse Chambers continues its upward trajectory in the Chambers UK Bar Guide 2026
16/10/2025
Gatehouse Chambers welcomes new pupils Thomas Hood and Andrew Jones
10/10/2025
Gatehouse Chambers welcomes two new tenants
09/10/2025
Gatehouse Chambers continues to climb The Legal 500 rankings
01/10/2025
Priya Gopal appointed as a Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal
23/09/2025
Laura Tweedy appointed to The Property Mediators
10/09/2025
Gatehouse Chambers shortlisted for 4 awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025
28/08/2025
Mentoring Scheme for Underrepresented Groups at the Bar
12/08/2025
Articles
Jak Property Jersey Limited (a company registered in Jersey) v Together Commercial Finance Limited [2025] EWHC 2442 (Ch)
29/09/2025
Demands for rent prior to forfeiture (and how to dispense with them)
24/09/2025
“A presumption by any other name…” The Court of Appeal in Triathlon Homes
27/08/2025
Rights to Light after Cooper v Ludgate House Ltd
25/07/2025
First Tier Tribunal cautions against unreasonable costs in negotiating MSV Agreements under the Electronic Communications Code
17/07/2025
Court of Appeal allows second appeal in long-running forfeiture dispute
01/07/2025
New points in the FTT
26/06/2025
Bratt v Jones [2025]
13/06/2025
Past events
Property Brew: No pre-tenancy gas certificate? A flicker of hope for landlords before section 21s are cut off
16/10/2025
Construction #Brew: Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership [2025] EWCA Civ 846
11/07/2025
Boundaries, Bills and bills: recent updates on adverse possession, draft legislative changes to the rental sector, and service charge decisions
03/04/2025
In-person seminar: Tactics in contested 1954 Act claims
09/07/2024
Freehold Fisticuffs – dealing with common disputes affecting freehold land
19/06/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Lease Assignments and Authorised Guarantee Agreements
30/05/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Residential Possession and Enforcement
14/05/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Service Charges
02/05/2024
Newsletters
Property Newsletter: September 2025
29/09/2025
Property Newsletter: July 2025
01/06/2025
Property Newsletter: January 2025
30/01/2025
Property Newsletter: November 2024
22/11/2024
Property Newsletter: October 2024
21/10/2024
Property Newsletter: July 2024
26/07/2024
Property Newsletter: May 2024
30/05/2024
Property Newsletter: April 2024
26/04/2024
Podcasts
Podcast: ‘Case Chasers: Unpackaging UK Property Law’ by Ian Quayle and John de Waal KC
19/12/2023
Dentons and John de Waal KC unpick the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 – what you need to know
28/11/2022
Estates Gazette Property Podcast: Emma Pinkerton, Mark Reading and Brie Stevens-Hoare QC on diversity and inclusion in property law
16/06/2021
Hardwicke’s review of the ten leading property cases from 2020
25/02/2021
Property lawyers – take note of Griffiths v TUI UK Ltd regarding judicial evaluation of uncontroverted expert evidence
09/12/2020
Up High and Down Low: ownership of airspace and subsoil
16/01/2020
Injunctions against persons unknown: Brie Stevens-Hoare QC & Steven Woolf discuss developments
12/09/2019
Videos
J2J Property Webinar: Lease Assignments and Authorised Guarantee Agreements
04/06/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Residential Possession and Enforcement
14/05/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Service Charges
02/05/2024
A glitch in the matrix: will the law on mistake evolve to meet the AI challenge?
15/04/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Real Property Rights and Boundary Issues
26/03/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Commercial Lease Renewal
07/03/2024
J2J Property Webinar: Trusts of Land and Orders for Sale
26/02/2024
Property Brew: Reasonable use? Modifying covenants under s.84 in light of Kay v Cunningham
03/11/2023
Books
A Practical Guide to Rights Over Airspace and Subsoil – Second Edition
13/12/2023
A Practical Guide to Easements, Restrictive Covenants and Rights of Way
10/07/2023
Forfeiture of Leases
28/09/2021
Cohabitation Law and Precedents
23/08/2021
Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations (3rd Edition)
12/02/2021
A Practical Guide to Rights Over Airspace and Subsoil
23/09/2019
Electronic Disclosure Law & Practice
17/05/2019
Risk & Negligence in Property Transactions
28/01/2019
Cousins: The Law of Mortgages
28/01/2019
Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents Social Housing
28/01/2019
Ashton & Reid on Clubs & Associations
26/05/2016
Social Housing Law in Practice
07/03/2015
