Alan Tunkel

Awards and Achievements

Member Bar Council CFA Panel,
ACTAPS and Chancery Bar Association

Alan Tunkel read Physics and Jurisprudence at Oxford University and subsequently taught law at The City University.

He was formerly an Examiner of Title on first registration for HM Land Registry.

Please contact the clerks (clerks@3sb.law.co.uk) for a full CV.

Professional reputation

Recommended as a senior junior, he is a tenacious litigator and is well versed in all aspects of property law.

Practice

Alan has a traditional chancery practice and specialises in both litigation and non-contentious work with a bias towards property-related matters.

He is frequently consulted as a ‘trouble-shooter’ by conveyancing solicitors when problems arise in apparently non-contentious matters.

He is widely instructed in all types of property litigation, including contract and conveyancing disputes, rent reviews, lease renewals, dilapidations and leasehold enfranchisement.

Alan also acts in property-related professional negligence claims. .

Allied to his property work, Alan has a significant practice in building construction disputes, pursuing them by litigation, arbitration or mediation, as appropriate.

His other main areas of work are will and probate disputes, Inheritance Act claims and problems in private or charitable trusts.
He has acted in a number of cases where a former cohabitee is claiming a substantial share of their home by way of constructive trust and has acted for charities.

Alan is instructed directly by accountants, for example in relation to back-duty claims and the preparation of suppression reports and on issues arising from personal or corporate insolvency.

Major corporate clients include:

A2 HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
ACTON HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
BECKBRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
BUXTON GROUP OF COMPANIES
CIRCLE THIRTY THREE HOUSING TRUST
CITY & COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
CROFT HOMES LIMITED
DABORA CONWAY LIMITED
EAST THAMES HOUSING ASSOCIATION
EVEREST LIMITED
G15 GROUP
GALLIONS HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
GENESIS HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
GOLDCORE PROPERTIES LIMITED
GRAYSHOTT & DISTRICT HOUSING ASSOCIATION
HIGGINS HOMES PLC
HIGH ESTATES LIMITED
HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
KETER (UK) LIMITED
LANDAU INVESTMENTS (1978) LIMITED
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST LIMITED
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST
MEAN FIDDLER HOLDINGS LIMITED
MELBURY COURT RTM COMPANY LIMITED
MUIR GROUP HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES MARKETING LIMITED
NEW ISLINGTON AND HACKNEY HOUSING ASSOCIATION
ORCHARD HILL LIMITED
ORCHARD ROAD REVERSIONS LIMITED
PADDINGTON CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOCIATION
RICHMOND HOUSING PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
ROLLY LIMITED
ROTHERHAM ATHLETIC COMPANY LIMITED
ROXSTAN LIMITED
RUTLAND CORPORATION SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
SCD WORTHING LIMITED
SERCO GROUP PLC
SILVERPEARL PROPERTIES LIMITED
STRUCTADENE GROUP
STYLE PROPERTIES LIMITED
SUN ALLIANCE PENSIONS LIMITED
TELEBANK LIMITED
THAMES VALLEY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
THRESHOLD HOUSING LIMITED
THE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB INSTITUTE
THE VAUGHAN CATHOLIC CLUB
THE WADENHOE TRUST
TRADEAMP LIMITED
TURNHOLD PROPERTIES PLC
UNITED WOMEN’S HOMES ASSOCIATION LIMITED
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
WESTON HOMES PLC
WOODBERRY GROUP LIMITED

Notable recent cases

• Fieldman v Markovitch (2001) involving the issue of jurisdiction
• Asif v City (Europe) plc (2002) involving a valuer’s duty of care to a mortgagor
• Lee v Lee (1999) involving the disclaimer of a lease by a trustee in bankruptcy and Herkanaidu v Lambeth (1999) involving a conveyancing dispute

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