Iain Wightwick
5 Unity Street Chambers, Bristol BS1
0117 906 9789 / 0117 906 9799 (fax)
email
Year of call and Inn
1985 Inner Temple
Professional Details
Barrister and Mediator, accredited for direct public access.
Barrister in self-employed independent practice specialising in landlord and tenant and in personal injury law, with a general common law background and continuing practice. Representing a number of local authorities, Companies and private individuals, mostly in County and High Court actions and occasionally in Court of Appeal.
Landlord and tenant practice includes neighbour nuisance and related anti-social behaviour matters, housing disrepair, homelessness, general social and private sector housing law, commercial disputes including rent revi ews, terminations etc.
Personal-injury work: claimant and defendant, accidents at work, slipping/tripping, RTAs from low to high value, including the pursuit of claims for subtle brain injury and more serious head injuries and the defence of f raudulent or exaggerated claims.
Common law practice includes professional negligence actions, particularly relating to surveyors, boundary, easement and general neighbour disputes, unlawful interference with goods, building and general contractual dis putes etc.
Mediation offered in all areas of practice.
Working predominantly in the West Country and Wales but travelling all over England and Wales.
Notable Cases
Newport City Council v Charles [2008] WLR (D) 245: housing, succession
South Gloucestershire Council v Titley & Clothier, appeal from Severnside Valuation Tribunal [2006] EWHC 3117 (Admin): rating valuation
North Somerset Council v White & White (2002): ASBO against youngest ever defendants at time)
R v Salisbury District Council Ex p. McDonagh (2001) All ER (D) 58: introductory tenancies
Cheltenham Borough Council v Young (2001): first ASBO banning an individual from their own home
City Council of Bristol v Mousah (1998) 30 HLR 32, CA: housing, possession, drugs
Cheltenham Borough Council v Dellow (1998): suspended possession order requiring tenant to exclude 16-year-old son from home
Work Experience
2001 to date: Unity Street Chambers, Bristol
1992 to 2001: Assize Court Chambers, Bristol,
1987 to 1992: Cloisters, Temple, London
1986 to 1987: Pupillage
1985 to 1986: Publishing Sales
Formal Education
2010: Public Access Training Course, accredited for public access work
2006: Bar Council Accredited Mediation Training Course, Accredited Mediator
1984-1985: Bar Finals, Inns of Court School of Law, called to the Bar
1983-1984: Diploma in Law, Polytechnic of Central London
1980-1983: BSc. Hons. Psychology, University of Bristol
Professional Memberships
Social Housing Law Association (SHLA), Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA), Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA).
Extra-curricular Activities
Member of the Legal Services Commission Review Panel and PNBA Committee, Inner Temple Qualifying Sessions Committee.
Community Activities
RNLI Bristol Central Branch Committee Chairman, Trustee of Bristol Cathedral School and of Cotham School Enrichment Fund.
Interests/Hobbies
My family, skiing and teaching skiing, mountain biking, sailing, open water swimming, food and wine, photography, reading, theatre and cinema.
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