Caroline Hutton has specialised in property law and legal disputes relating to land and buildings throughout a 28 year career at the Bar and is now well known in her field having appeared in many legally important cases.  She is frequently invited to lecture on current topics.  She founded the thriving Property Bar Association.  She has particular interest in rural and commercial property and acts for private and corporate clients in the public as well as the private sectors.  She has a nationwide practice and accepts instructions from solicitors and property professionals large and small.  She seeks to bring sound legal knowledge, commercial good sense and an innovative approach to the quick, thorough and cost effective resolution of disputes.

The Directories

Sources concur: "She assimilates information swiftly and adopts good approaches to knotty problems."  (Chambers & Partners 2010)

Caroline Hutton of Enterprise Chambers has a strong following and is renowned for being very passionate about her clients' interests.  According to peers, she provides "exceptionally good legal advice and exhibits great practicality."  (Chambers & Partners 2010)

Renowned for her down-to-earth manner and no-nonsense approach, Caroline Hutton "stands her ground" and is "an excellent choice when a client is in a tight corner."  (Chambers & Partners 2009)

One source remarked that "there are very few barristers who understand the solicitor's position on conveyancing as well as she does."  (Chambers & Partners 2009)

Hers is an understated, pragmatic approach, such that she enjoys the epithet "the silent assassin," according to her contemporaries.  (Chambers & Partners 2009)

The set is home to property specialist Caroline Hutton, who recently won the BDC v Tyler case.  (Legal 500, 2008)

...sources commend her as a "doughty litigator who fights her own corner and is armed with a quiet but bruising delivery".  (Chambers & Partners 2008)

Caroline Hutton is "a stunning advocate" who impresses with her "penchant for hard work and her practical mindset."  (Chambers & Partners 2008)

Caroline Hutton...“has the rare ability to make you feel as if you are her only client.”...Sources labelled her “the bee’s knees when it comes to property.” (Chambers & Partners 2007)

Areas of Emphasis

Litigation

• Property and conveyancing disputes
• All aspects of landlord and tenant law
• Disputes relating to the physical state and condition of land or buildings whether freehold or leasehold: nuisance, negligence, restrictive covenants
• Disputes relating to the use and occupation of property whether freehold or leasehold: boundaries, easements, nuisance, trespass, adverse possession

Advisory work

• Non-contentious property advice relating to deals, investments, mortgages, developments, land registration, trust and estates

Appointments

• Member of the original Council for Licensed Conveyancing appointed by the Lord Chancellor to create that profession from 1985-1987
• Chairman of the Disciplinary and Appeals Tribunal of the Council  from 1987-1994

Career & Associations

• University of Cambridge, MA, Law
• Called to the Bar 1979
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Member of Bar European Group, Chancery Bar Association, Association of Women Barristers and Justice
• The founder member and former Secretary to the Property Bar Association
• Council member of Agricultural Law Association
• CEDR qualified Mediator

Relevant Experience

• Regular speaker at seminars on property related topics
• Former member of Council of Legal Education and Bar Council
• Contributor to and co-editor of the publication, “Commercial Property Disputes: Practice and Procedure, published by Sweet & Maxwell – December 1999
• Arbitrator
• Mediator