Stephanie Jarron

Her real property work encompasses everything from beneficial interest claims, to mortgages and contracts for sale, commercial leases, restrictive covenants, easements and proprietary estoppel claims. In recent years, she has done a great deal of boundary disputes and easement disputes. She is also experienced in agricultural matters in the First-tier Tribunal and arbitrations.

She has particular expertise in farming proprietary estoppel cases: Thompson v Thompson [2018] EWHC 1338 and Wills v Sowray [2020] EWHC 939 (Ch)

Recent cases include:

• Acting for the owners of a profit a prendre on the River Tees in a claim against neighbouring landowner for interference with their right by operating a motor bike trials site on his land
• A dispute between a trustee and beneficiary over rights to occupy a property: Rollerteam v Riley [2023] EWHC 107 (Ch); Boss of Sherlock Holmes Museum continues ‘bitter’ High Court battle with his little brother | Daily Mail Online
• A dispute between the lessees of an airfield and the owners of a woodland burial ground concerning the interpretation of an easement relating to airspace: Bockenfield Aerodrome Ltd v Clarehugh [2021] EWHC 848 (Ch)
• Acting for the applicant farmer in a claim for a succession tenancy under Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
• Advising a farmer in relation to a claim for flooding from a neighbouring stream
• Whether an option granted in a residential lease is enforceable
• Acting for the successful claimants in a proprietary estoppel claim by two brothers against the estate of a deceased farmer: Wills v Sowray [2020] EWHC 939 (Ch)
• Acting for long leaseholders of flats against company which was seeking to forfeiture for non-payment of ground rent, that had never previously been demanded
• Advising the owners of property adjacent to newly constructed highway in relation to compulsory purchase and noise nuisance
• Dispute about whether gates and speed bumps were a substantial interference with a right of way over farm track: Bramwell v Robinson [2016] 10 WLUK 495,
• Acting in dispute about forged signature on a document purporting to transfer property
• Commercial lease renewal in relation to retail property, involving rental valuation issues

Stephanie has become a “real go-to for probate cases” (Chambers UK Bar 2020). She has extensive experience of contentious probate work including Inheritance Act claims, challenges to the validity of wills and applications to remove executors.

She is always happy to make herself available at short notice on the telephone for a preliminary discussion and advice, especially where early intervention can resolve difficulties that arise in the administration of an estate, or where speedy advice is needed.

Recent cases include:

• Claim by cohabitee for reasonable financial provision from her deceased’s partner’s estate, involving conflicts of interest between mother and daughter
• Claim by wife for reasonable financial provision from deceased’s husband’s estate, in circumstances where the couple had been separated, but not divorced, for decades prior to the husband’s death
• Advising executor in situation where a beneficiary had claimed historic sexual abuse by the deceased and how to deal with this in relation to distributions from the estate

Stephanie has extensive experience of partnership disputes: from accountants to general practitioners, dentists, vets and even suppliers of car parts. She is well-regarded for her financial analysis and grasp of technical detail, which is often crucial for success in this area.

Recent work includes:

• Dispute in family farming partnership about whether one partner had been lawfully expelled
• An accountant’s partnership involving a dispute about whether there was a valid arbitration clause
• Acting in five-day contested partnership dispute between partners in a large property portfolio which involved painstaking detail in the re-creation of accounts going back 17 years
• Advising in relation to an arbitration arising from the termination of an accountant’s LLP
• Settling a doctor’s partnership dispute after mediation

Stephanie’s professional negligence practice largely arises from her main practice areas, in particular solicitor’s and surveyor’s negligence.

Stephanie combines practice at the Bar with her work as a mediator. She is valued for her empathy with the parties, whether business people or bereaved family members and is often able to achieve a settlement which at the outset would appear impossible.

Stephanie’s recent commercial work includes:

• Successfully representing claimant in claim for fraudulent misrepresentation in relation to the sale of a Ferrari: Torr v Connor [2024] 3WLUK 238; Car dealer who sold football pundit Ian Wright’s crashed Ferrari 360 Spider is being sued for £100,000 over claims he made ‘fraudulent representations’ about the state of the ‘poorly repaired’ vehicle | Daily Mail Online
• Resisting a claim to enforce an award from the Financial Ombudsman under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
• Acting for oil company in the Commercial Court in relation to default under a joint operating agreement
• Successfully resisting application by former employer for an injunction to restrain breach of restrictive covenants in employment contract