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.

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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