Amanprit Kaur

Introduction

Amanprit Kaur joined St Philips Chambers after completing a specialist Business and Property pupillage under the supervision of Ali Tabari, Marc Brown and Anthony Verduyn. She worked on a variety of commercial, insolvency and property law matters and since joining as a tenant she is regularly instructed on complex matters, expected above her Call.

Her recent court work has included:

• Seeking an urgent injunction to prevent the advertisement of a winding-up petition against a company.
• Successfully representing the claimant for an interim injunction to prevent the disposal and sale of a caravan after it had been seized by the local police.
• Representing three claimants in a successful 4-day boundary dispute trial at Birmingham County Court which included claims for nuisance and breaches of the Data Protection Act 2015.
• Seeking orders for Sale and Possession involving the Trusts of Land and Appointments Act 1996.
• Successfully representing a recruitment company recovering sums due under a contract against the defendant.
• Defending a counter-claim against a possession order on the grounds of proprietary estoppel and a constructive trust.

Amanprit also routinely acts in procedural hearings including; relief from sanctions, specific disclosure, set aside, summary judgment and CCMCs.

Amanprit maintains a busy paperwork practice, often with a focus on property, wills and probate law. Amanprit has recently advised on the following:

• Advising in conference on the enforceability of an easement involving a dispute between neighbours.
• Advising on the prospects of success for a declaration in a share of the deceased’s estate and on the duties of an administrator.
• Advising on the prospects of success of removing an Executor.
• Drafting Particulars of Claim relating to building work defects.
• Advising on the prospects of success of claiming against a manufacturing group in relation to the installation of a retractable electronic awning.
• Advising on the enforceability of a contractual clause in a company’s contract with a local authority’s relating to the electricity supply to a food truck and the recoverability the company’s losses.

Amanprit read law at the University of Manchester and completed her Bar course at the University of London where she was awarded an ‘Outstanding’ grade for Advocacy. After Bar School, Amanprit was a legal researcher at Keating Chambers which involved researching niche points of law and examining precedents to assist barristers with their case preparation.

Before coming to the Bar, Amanprit gained experience as a paralegal in the Wills, Trusts and Probate department where she worked with a diverse set of clients ranging from business owners to individuals at a regional law firm.

Amanprit prides herself in her approachability with clients and ability to provide clear commercial advice by combining her academic and practical experiences.