Jack Felvus’ practice comprises of property and estates disputes, and public law claims (particularly in the field of education). He is regularly instructed to advise and represent clients at all stages of a case, with experience of appearing at all levels of the court system, from the County Court to the High Court and specialist Tribunals.
Within the property and estates sphere, Jack has experience dealing with both residential and commercial landlord and tenant claims, including forfeiture, private-sector possession proceedings, and claims involving shared ownership. He has been instructed in disputes arising out of planning issues, specifically comprising of the tortious claims of misfeasance and conspiracy.
Jack is also instructed on probate related matters, with experience in a variety of disputes including disputes between executors, administrators and will validity claims. Recently, Jack has been led by Michael Tomlinson KC on various cases including a cross-border will validity dispute.
Jack is also building a complimentary public law practice, particularly in the education sector. He has recently been instructed as junior counsel on a commercial dispute involving fraud during a university’s admission process. As well as more generally on EHCP appeals to the First-tier Tribunal and related Judicial Review claims.
Before coming to the Bar, Jack worked as a paralegal in public law in mid-sized Cardiff solicitors, where he gained experience of a wide variety of judicial review claims, ranging from public service closures, education-related claims, and continuing healthcare challenges. He graduated with a first-class undergraduate law degree, and obtained a Distinction in the BPC (LLM).
Jack’s practice encompasses the full sphere of property and estates work. He has experience acting in landlord and tenant claims in the commercial and residential sphere.
Some notable recent experience includes dealing with matters involving:
Jack is also regularly instructed on probate related matters, offering experience in a variety of disputes including disputes between executors, administrators and will validity claims. Recently, Jack has been led by Michael Tomlinson KC on various cases including a cross-border will validity dispute. He also has experience in matters involving:
Jack has a growing public law practice, which has recently comprised of:
Jack has notable experience acting for universities in contractual disputes arising out of fraudulent and deceptive applications. Jack understands the commercial sensitivity and ramifications of such claims. Most recently, Jack was instructed in claims, involving fraudulent presentation of academic certificates during an international admissions process.
Jack is a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Panel.
Jack maintains a practice in personal injury work, where he has recently accepted instructions in cases involving:
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The article gives practical advice about the construction of wills and the issue of ambiguous clauses under s21(1)(c) Administration of Justice Act 1982, and considers the application of s17 and s20 Limitation Act 1980 for private client lawyers when contesting and changing Wills and advising their clients about the prospects of this.
3PB expert commercial, costs and property law barrister Cheryl Jones and pupil barrister Jack Felvus have written on the relevance of Part 36 offers in the legal costs arising from probate litigation.
3PB pupil barrister Jack Felvus and specialist clinical negligence barrister Hamish Dunlop have written a case summary where the Supreme Court judgment provided clarity in secondary victim claims made in a clinical negligence context.
Welcome to 3PB’s September Education Law Newsletter. Edited by Jack Felvus, this edition features analysis from Katherine Anderson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley and Jim Hirschmann on
- The legal and practical implications for schools of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
- Artificial Intelligence in Education and EHC Plans
- Phelps v The London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] 2 A.C. 619; [2000] E.L.R revisited 25 years on.
Find out more about our Education for Local Authorities webinar series and our forthcoming 3rd Education Law Conference and lots of Education sector news.
3PB are pleased to announce that barristers Alice Horn, Jack Felvus and Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of the 250-barrister, national chambers. Former Prince of Wales and David Karmel Scholar Alice Horn (call:2022) joins following a ten-year career in industry internationally. Alice is a much-in-demand barrister with significant experience in both County Court and High Court matters and specialises in commercial litigation, adjudication and...
Continue reading3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) expert commercial, costs and property law barrister Cheryl Jones and pupil barrister Jack Felvus have written on the relevance of Part 36 offers in the legal costs arising from probate litigation. In the article, Cheryl and Jack look at the recent case of Leonard v Leonard [2024], which revolved around a dispute between the late Mr Leonard’s children from his first marriage and his second wife, and the overturning of a second Will...
Continue readingMichelle Marnham edits our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence newsletter, with analysis from David Kemeny, Tom Webb, Charles Fulton, Gemma Ralph, Hamish Dunlop and Jack Felvus of the following cases: Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Limited [2024] UKSC 6, Pearson -v- Secretary of State for Defence [2024] EWCA Civ 150, Juj v John Lewis Partnership plc [2023] EWCA Civ 1507, R (Peiris) v First-tier Tribunal, CICA & Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWCA Civ 1527 and Paul and Another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1.
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