Chris Bryden#617

Chris Bryden

Chris was called to the Bar in 2003 and since that time has built a busy practice across a range of areas, with an emphasis on Chancery practice. He enjoys a well-deserved reputation for his knowledge and expertise in each area. He appears regularly in the County Court, Family Court and the High Court as well as various specialist Tribunals, and has been involved in cases up to and including the Supreme Court. He regularly is instructed at Appellate level. He has extensive and wide-ranging experience particularly in the areas of wills, probate and inheritance disputes; property including adverse possession, boundary disputes and issues arising out of trusts of land; company and commercial work and financial remedies. Chris is head of the Family Group and head of the Property Team at 4KBW.

Chris is the author of numerous articles in publications such as the New Law Journal, Counsel and Family Law, amongst many other titles, and is the co-author of Social Media in the Workplace: A Handbook (2015, Jordan Publishing).
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Can a County Court judgment be transferred to the High Court for enforcement by way of a writ of control
Can a County Court judgment be transferred to the High Court for enforcement by way of a writ of control
Q&A

This Q&A considers whether a County Court judgment can be transferred to the High Court for enforcement by way of a writ of control if there has been no default on instalment payments ordered by the county court.

Can a court in England and Wales make an order for the sale or transfer of a property in Spain jointly
Can a court in England and Wales make an order for the sale or transfer of a property in Spain jointly
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This Q&A considers whether the court can make an order in financial remedy proceedings in relation to overseas assets.

Can a court in England rely on an order from a Family Court in Hawaii declaring who the natural father is
Can a court in England rely on an order from a Family Court in Hawaii declaring who the natural father is
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This Q&A considers if a court in England can rely on an order from a Family Court in Hawaii declaring who the natural father is following genetic testing by a company that is approved in the US, but who is not one of the approved companies in the UK.

Can a court order a penalty under section 214 of the Housing Act 2004 (for failure to register deposit in
Can a court order a penalty under section 214 of the Housing Act 2004 (for failure to register deposit in
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This Q&A considers whether the penalties under section 214 of the Housing Act 2004 can be imposed on a landlord where they have already returned an unregistered deposit or returned the deposit prior to providing prescribed information to the tenant.

Can a debt in the name of a sole individual be secured by way of a voluntary charge against a property
Can a debt in the name of a sole individual be secured by way of a voluntary charge against a property
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This Q&A considers whether it is possible to charge the beneficial interest of a co-owner in property. It covers how an equitable charge can be protected on the register.

Can a declaration of ownership of a piece of land or adverse possession in the alternative be pleaded
Can a declaration of ownership of a piece of land or adverse possession in the alternative be pleaded
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This Q&A considers whether a declaration of ownership of a piece of land or adverse possession in the alternative can be pleaded together.

Can a father who has a criminal record for drug related offences still have contact with his child and is
Can a father who has a criminal record for drug related offences still have contact with his child and is
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This Q&A looks at whether a father who has a criminal record for drug related offences can have contact with his child.

Can a final order obtained in financial remedy proceedings be disclosed to a Land Registry Tribunal, or
Can a final order obtained in financial remedy proceedings be disclosed to a Land Registry Tribunal, or
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This Q&A considers the disclosure of an order made in financial remedy proceedings outside of those proceedings.

Can a freeholder serve notice of an AGM on a lessee who is in breach of the terms of a long residential
Can a freeholder serve notice of an AGM on a lessee who is in breach of the terms of a long residential
Q&A

This Q&A considers whether a freeholder is able to serve notice of an AGM on a lessee who is in breach of the terms of a long residential lease, without waiving the right to forfeit.

Can A grant a valid lease to B where A and B are both freehold owners?
Can A grant a valid lease to B where A and B are both freehold owners?
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This Q&A considers whether A can grant a lease to B whereby A and B are both freehold owners.

Can a judge deal with an application under section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 at a financial
Can a judge deal with an application under section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 at a financial
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This Q&A considers whether an application under section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 can be dealt with at a financial dispute resolution appointment.

Can a landlord and tenant agree the actual sum payable by way of compensation to the tenant for certain
Can a landlord and tenant agree the actual sum payable by way of compensation to the tenant for certain
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This Q&A discusses whether a landlord and tenant can agree the amount of compensation payable to the tenant for certain works.

Can a landlord apply to HM Land Registry to register a registerable lease where the tenant has failed to
Can a landlord apply to HM Land Registry to register a registerable lease where the tenant has failed to
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This Q&A considers whether a landlord can apply to HM Land Registry to register a registerable lease where the tenant has failed to do so.

Can a landlord back-date insurance demands for a commercial tenant going back eight or nine years if
Can a landlord back-date insurance demands for a commercial tenant going back eight or nine years if
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This Q&A considers whether a landlord can back-date insurance demands for a commercial tenant if lease is silent.

Can a landlord concede management of a building to a purported right to manage company which has been
Can a landlord concede management of a building to a purported right to manage company which has been
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This Q&A considers the operation of right to manage companies set up pursuant to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

Can a landlord enforce a clause in a lease which requires a tenant to repay any empty rates relief lost
Can a landlord enforce a clause in a lease which requires a tenant to repay any empty rates relief lost
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This Q&A considers whether a deed of surrender releases the tenant from obligations under a lease (including an obligation to make good any loss of empty rates relief).

Can a landlord forfeit a lease by peaceable re-entry if the tenant is bankrupt, vacated the premises some
Can a landlord forfeit a lease by peaceable re-entry if the tenant is bankrupt, vacated the premises some
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This Q&A considers whether a landlord can forfeit a lease by peaceable re-entry if the tenant is bankrupt, vacated the premises some time ago, and has substantial rent arrears (the lease allows for forfeiture if the tenant is bankrupt). Further, this Q&A considers whether liability under an AGA will cease on surrender of lease (express or implied) or forfeiture for bankruptcy.

Can a landlord forfeit or re-enter for rent arrears where the contractual term has expired but the tenant
Can a landlord forfeit or re-enter for rent arrears where the contractual term has expired but the tenant
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This Q&A considers if a landlord can forfeit or re-enter for rent arrears where the contractual term has expired but the tenant has remained in occupation, what procedure should be followed and what is the authority for this.

Can a landlord legally require a tenant to enter into a new assured shorthold tenancy (AST) where the
Can a landlord legally require a tenant to enter into a new assured shorthold tenancy (AST) where the
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This Q&A considers whether a landlord can require a tenant to enter in a new fixed term assured shorthold tenancy (AST) following the expiry of the tenant's original fixed term AST and beginning of a statutory periodic AST.

Can a landlord of an assured shorthold tenant install a pay as you go electric meter?
Can a landlord of an assured shorthold tenant install a pay as you go electric meter?
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This Q&A considers whether a landlord of an assured shorthold tenant can install a pay as you go electric meter.

Practice Areas

Panels

  • Contributing Author
  • Q&A Panel

Qualified Year

  • 2003

Experience

  • 2 Gray’s Inn Square (2005 - 2009)

Membership

  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Property Bar Association
  • Society of Construction Lawyers
  • Public Access Bar Association (Vice-Chairman and Treasurer)
  • Visiting Fellow, University of Bedfordshire (2011 - )
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Qualifications

  • MA (Oxon) (2002)
  • LLM (2004)

Education

  • Magdalen College, University of Oxford (1999-2002)
  • BPP Law School (2002-2003)
  • University College London (2003-2004)

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