Published comments

“A favourite of the market is 'thorough and sensible' Edward Cole. Cole 'takes a sensible stance and is always pleasant in negotiations according to sources'”. Chambers and Partners 2010.

Listed as a Leading Junior: Legal 500 2009.

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Edward Cole

Called 1980
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Edward Cole's practice embraces advisory and litigious work in all areas of real property law including: commercial, agricultural and residential property; rent review, easements and restrictive covenants; the interpretation of documents; and property-related professional negligence. His most recent appearance in the Court of Appeal was in a case dealing with leasehold enfranchisement.

Education

Jesus College, Oxford (MA) (Literae Humaniores) (1978)

City University (Diploma in Law)

Council of Legal Education, Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Exam)

Professional

Called 1980, Gray's Inn

Recent Cases

Ackerman v. The Portman Estate (Nominees)One Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1428; [2009] 1 WLR 1556, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether the making of a claim for a new long lease of one flat by a tenant of a building containing several flats resulted in the lease of the whole building being continued during the currency of the claim, so that a claim to enfranchise the whole house under the 1967 Act could be made after the date on which the lease had been limited to expire.

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Publications

Contributing editor Hill & Redman's Law of Landlord and Tenant;

Contributor to Megarry, The Rent Acts (11th edition);