Zachary Bredemear

Zachary’s real property work includes issues relating to land registration, conveyancing, options and rights of pre-emption, easements, restrictive covenants and adverse possession.

Zachary regularly acts in cases relating to express and implied trusts of land, proprietary estoppel and equitable accounting.

A lot of his works is connected with security over land be it by way of a mortgage, equitable charge, lien or charging orders.

Zachary is known for his expertise and experience in the fields of commercial landlord and tenant law and has considerable experience of claims relating to the forfeiture of business premises, the renewal of business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and dilapidations. His residential landlord and tenant work includes claims relating to enfranchisement, breaches of covenant

His property work includes issues arising out of insolvency such as disclaimer, the appointment of receivers or administrators or the effect of an IVA or CVA on a landlord.

He regularly advises or acts for developers in relation the terms on which they have acquired land (such as overage disputes) or rights they require to complete their development.

He regularly advises local authorities on a variety of property related issues including those relating to the disposal of land or the management of gypsy and traveller sites.

Zachary has an extensive professional negligence practice, mostly dealing with claims against surveyors (valuation, surveying and management), architects (design and contract supervision), solicitors (conveyancing and litigation) and financial services providers.

His professional negligence work often includes allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of warranty of authority and issues relating to subrogation.

Much of Zachary’s work involves the construction and application of contracts. He regularly advises and acts in commercial disputes of all kinds including those concerning business sale agreements, joint venture agreements, agency, supply agreements, insurance, choice of law and jurisdictional issues, and banking facilities.

He also advises and acts in shareholder and partnership disputes and freezing injunctions.

In addition to his experience dealing with insolvency issues in a property context Zachary also has experience dealing with clawback claims including transactions at an undervalue, preferences, transactions defrauding creditors and void dispositions under s.127/284 IA 1986, misfeasance proceedings and breach of director’s duties, and personal and proprietary remedies against directors and third parties.

Zachary has experience of the following aspect of banking and finance work: mortgages, charges and debentures, subrogation, receivership and administration, guarantees and indemnities, hire-purchase agreements, banking services, Consumer Credit Act regulation and allegation s of unfair relationships, breaches of financial regulations and product mis-selling.