Sam Keeling-Roberts

Called: 2005       Areas of Law: Housing, Chancery

BA(Hons) Architecture

MA(Law) (Distinction)

Sam was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 2005 andcompleted pupillage in Chambers’ chancery department.

Commercial and chancery work

Sampractises in all areas of commercial and chancery law, with a particularemphasis on property litigation and commercial contract disputes; specialising in contentious work. He accepts instructions in respect of both court appearances and paperwork.

Sam’s practice also includes personal and corporate insolvency, and he regularly appears in the Applications / Motions List, as well as in the High Court and County Court on a daily basis. He is frequently briefed in respect of a variety of applications in insolvency proceedings.

Housing work

As a member of Chambers’ housing department, Sam regularly appears in Court in respect of anti-social behaviour injunctions and committal proceedings; and represents claimants and defendants in all forms of landlord and tenant, housing and mortgage disputes. Sam takes both private instructions and publicly-funded work. 

 

Other work

In addition, Sam is often instructed in respect of nuisance and negligence


claims, enforcement of judgments, consumer credit, and a wide range of procedural applications, including appeals. He also has considerable experience in the burgeoning field of payment protection insurance litigation; having been at the forefront of the developments in this area.

 

Prior to being called to the Bar, Sam studied architecture at the University of Sheffield, and worked for a commercial architects’ practice in Manchester. As such, Sam has a particular interest, and practical experience, in construction disputes and architects’ and contractors’ negligence. 

  Notable cases:

  • Acting for a landlord in a partnership dispute and successfully obtaining injunctive relief in respect of property worth in excess of £100 million.
  • Successfully acting for a motor dealership against a customer who had fraudulently misrepresented his entitlement to VAT relief.
  • Pursuing a declaration that a client had a
  • beneficial interest in his late father’s property by virtue of a constructive trust.
  • Acting for a trustee in bankruptcy in respect of the transfer of a Spanish villa at an undervalue of approximately €1m.
  • Successfully defending a claim for the return of a pedigree stud cat given to his client as a gift.

 

 

Professional memberships

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (2005)

The Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Away from Chambers

In his spare time, Sam plays football in the Lancashire and Cheshire League for Govan Athletic, and follows Manchester City. He enjoys foreign travel, architecture and experiencing different cultures.


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