Miriam Seitler

Call: 2015

Miriam practises in all areas of property litigation landlord and tenant, and real property. Her particular areas of specialism include the Electronic Communications Code, landlords' consents and leasehold enfranchisement.

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Miriam regularly appears in the County Court representing parties in possession proceedings, including forfeiture claims, and has acted as sole Counsel in numerous fast track and multi-track trials. She also has extensive experience in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) dealing with residential property matters.

Miriam has recently and regularly advised on or acted in cases in the following areas of property litigation:

Electronic Communications Code
Specific performance of a contract for the sale of land
Service charge disputes
Costs in a service charge context
Forfeiture and relief from forfeiture
Eviction of a Rent Act tenant
Possession proceedings under the Housing Act 1988
Opposed lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Vesting orders under the 1993 Act
Priorities of interests in a registered land context
Validity of collective enfranchisement/lease extension notices
Enforcement of a party wall award
Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992
Urgent trespasser claims in the County Court and High Court
Discharge/modification of restrictive covenants
Easements
Land registration
Professional negligence (in a property litigation context).

Miriam has had the opportunity to be led by senior members, as follows:

With Toby Watkin KC in the High Court concerning a claim by the tenant that the landlord has unreasonably withheld consent to assign.
With Tom Weekes KC in a claim concerning the construction of a lease and derogation from grant.
With Toby Watkin KC for the landlord in an opposed lease renewal under the 1954 Act involving grounds (c), (f) and (g).
With Katharine Holland KC in a contractual dispute in the High Court (Chancery Division).
With Myriam Stacey KC on a case concerning the general boundaries rules and implied and prescriptive easements.
In Iceland Foods Limited v Aldi Stores [2016] EWHC 1134 Miriam appeared in the High Court, led by David Holland KC, before Mr Justice Mann on an issue concerning the construction of a lease.

Miriam is a contributing editor of Hill and Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant (Residential Tenancies, Division C) and a regular contributor to Estates Gazette in a joint column, “Moot Point.” She presents regularly at Chambers seminars.

Specialisms

Boundary and Ownership Disputes

Commercial Landlord and Tenant

Easements and Profits a Prendre

Land Registration and Adverse Possession

Leasehold Enfranchisement and Right to Manage

Private nuisance

Property Development including Overage disputes

Residential Leasehold Management and Disputes

Residential Tenancies

Restrictive Covenants

Telecommunications

Squatters and other Trespass

Trusts of Land and other Equitable Claims

An excellent counsel. Miriam is great to work with, has a calm style and is technically very strong."

Chambers and Partners

Personal Highlights

Full Presentation

24 01 2024

Property Law Nuts & Bolts - Part 3: Possession Proceedings - where are we? - all slides

Ellodie Gibbons, Miriam Seitler, Harley Ronan, and Rebecca Sage

Full Presentation

12 10 2023

Land Use Conference 2023

The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, David Elvin KC, David Holland KC, Jenny Wigley KC (Joint Head of Chambers), Paul Brown KC, Rupert Warren KC, David Forsdick KC,…

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07 07 2023

Landmark Chambers wins two awards at the ERMAs

Full Presentation

06 10 2022

Land Use Conference 2022

Jenny Wigley KC (Joint Head of Chambers), Paul Brown KC, James Maurici KC, Dan Kolinsky KC, Tim Buley KC, David Forsdick KC, Myriam Stacey KC, Aaron Walder, Sasha Blackmore,…

Full Presentation

13 09 2022

Property Law Nuts & Bolts, Part 1: An Introduction to Possession Claims - seminar

James Hanham, Miriam Seitler, Brooke Lyne, and Joel Semakula

Full Presentation

19 04 2021

“Bridging the Gap”: Property Pointers for Planners - webinar

Myriam Stacey KC, Jenny Wigley KC (Joint Head of Chambers), Miriam Seitler, and Kimberley Ziya

Full Presentation

08 03 2021

“Bridging the Gap”: Planning Pointers for Property Practitioners - webinar

Myriam Stacey KC, Jenny Wigley KC (Joint Head of Chambers), Miriam Seitler, and Kimberley Ziya

Full Presentation

13 01 2021

Telecoms: resisting a code agreement, and terms of agreements, following CTIL v UAL - webinar

Miriam Seitler, Toby Watkin KC, and Jonathan Wills

Qualifications and achievements

Qualifications

Queens’ College, Cambridge (BA Law (Double First))
City University London (BPTC)

Awards

Winner of the Lucas-Smith Memorial Prize for Law (Queens’ College, Cambridge)

Scholarships

Lord Mansfield Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)

Recommendations

"An excellent counsel." "Miriam is great to work with, has a calm style and is technically very strong."

Real Estate Litigation, Chambers and Partners, 2024
"She has a strong work ethic and is very good with clients." "Miriam Seitler is incredibly bright."

Real Estate Litigation, Chambers and Partners, 2023
"She is very bright, helpful, responsive and good with clients." "She is succinct, with great written and oral advocacy." "She is thoughtful in her approach."

Real Estate Litigation, Chambers and Partners, 2022
"She is just very bright, very helpful, very responsive, good with clients – everything you want in a junior. She just gets on with it and is happy to run the show. She helps us a lot with drafting and is very good value for money."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam Seitler has got quite a big media presence. I understand she has a very good reputation."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam Seitler is very good."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam Seitler shows maturity, ability and experience beyond her years."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam Seitler is going to be a real star. We have given her a lot of work recently and she is really good and personable. She is going to be the president of the Supreme Court – she is really good."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam is very well regarded; some of my solicitors rate her very highly."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"A rising star."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"A go-to junior offering great value."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"She’s a real up-and-comer for only five years’ call, and she did an excellent job."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022
"Miriam Seitler is very organised and good with clients. She is succinct in her advice and delivers great written and oral advocacy."

Research for Chambers UK Bar, 2022