Tim Morshead QC

year of call: 1995

TMorshead@landmarkchambers.co.uk

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Other recent descriptions of Tim Morshead include:

“one of the best juniors due to his highly able courtroom manner and fearsome intellect”, “an extremely intellectually honest and hard-working practitioner”, “calm, ordered and logical mind”, “extraordinary, highly thought-provoking written output” (Chambers & Partners 2010)

“has a fearsome intellect”, “very calm under fire” (Legal 500 2010)

“...famed for his commercial experience, Timothy Morshead is a ‘fantastic advocate’ who ‘knows his stuff on just about everything.’ He is well versed in all aspects of agricultural law, including landlord and tenant, land registration and rights of way”, “Timothy Morshead has an extensive practice that takes in a combination of commercial lease renewals, rent reviews, dilapidations and planning matters for developers, landlords and tenants. ... Interviewees describe him as a “clever and hard-working junior who will no doubt continue to win even more top-quality instructions in the future.” (Chambers & Partners 2009)

“he has tightly reasoned, well-constructed arguments”, “fantastic for public rights of way cases” (Legal 500 2009)

“extremely thorough and effective property advice and counsel”, “shrewd, bright and persuasive advocate” (Chambers & Partners 2008)

“a fine advocate who ‘can cut through the rubbish quickly and win the unwinnable’” and “quick-thinking and to the point” (Chambers & Partners 2007)

“measured and persuasive”, “his performance is always exemplary”; and he has “appeared in many of the leading cases in the [property] area” (Chambers and Partners 2006).

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QUALIFICATIONS

Tim is a graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford. He studied law at the City University. He was the winner for his year of the Inns of Court Mooting Competition and of the Everard ver Heyden Foundation Advocacy Prize and was awarded several scholarships by Lincoln’s Inn. He has contributed to Halsbury’s Laws of England Open Spaces and Monuments; to Hill & Redman's Law of Landlord and Tenant; and to Jacob's Court Precedents. He is also a qualified ADR Group Accredited Mediator.

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