Profile
Inn of Court: Gray's Inn
Year of Call: 1993
Huw Roberts
Huw mainly practises in the County Courts but also appears in the Family Proceedings Courts, Employment Tribunals and at public enquiries. His principal areas of practice are civil and family law, with an emphasis on financial and property disputes.
Huw is able to conduct cases throught the medium of Welsh. He has conducted complex trespass/adverse possession and landlord and tenant cases in Welsh, including on behalf of the Urdd Gobaith Cymru.
Family
Personal Injury
Housing
Employment
Civil Practice
Huw Roberts has extensive experience since 1995 in various areas of civil work but with a particular leaning towards disputes over property and finances. He advises in relation to both contentious and non-contentious cases, acting for local authorities, companies and private individuals. He conducts Multi-track and Fast Track trials.
Huw is well regarded for providing clear, thoughtfully researched, practical and prompt written advice.
Specialist Areas:
Huw has developed particular expertise in the following areas:
Landlord and tenant (commercial, agricultural and private)
TOLATA claims and trusts of land disputes
Public rights of way including Definitive Map Modification Orders
Private rights of way and boundary disputes
Restrictive covenant cases including applications to the Lands Tribunal for discharge/modification
Planning enforcement
Trespass and nuisance
Adverse possession
Inheritance Act claims and probate matters
Contract claims
Personal Injury Practice
Areas covered include:
Road traffic accidents
Tripping and slipping accidents
Occupiers' liability
Employers' liability
Fatal accidents claims
Huw is well regarded for providing prompt opinions, pleadings and schedules of loss.
He is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association
Family Practice
Huw Roberts has been practising family law in the High Court and County Courts since 1995 and in that time has dealt with all types of family disputes involving finances, children (public and private) and domestic violence.
His main areas of interest now are financial and property disputes in the following areas:
Ancillary relief
Cohabitation/TOLATA disputes
Inheritance Act claims
Transfer of tenancy claims and applications for Occupation Orders under the Family Law Act 1996
His practice also includes public law children work where he acts for parents and local authorities.
He is a member of the Family Law Bar Association
Housing Practice
Huw Roberts has long experience of residential Landlord and Tenant cases, representing both public and private landlords as well as tenants. The emphasis of his Landlord and Tenant work is now increasingly on possession and demotion actions against secure and assured tenants and applications for Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions by Local Authorities and Housing Associations.
Areas of practice include:
Possession actions in relation to public and private tenancies
ASBI claims, representing both landlords and tenants
Transfer of tenancy claims and applications for Occupation Orders under the Family Law Act 1996
Huw has successfully represented Local Authorities in a number of possession actions against anti-social tenants which have attracted strong local interest.
Employment Practice
As an element of his civil practice, Huw has conducted Unfair Dismissal claims before the Employment Tribunal for both employees and employers.
He is known for his attention to detail and pragmatic advice.
Other Interests
History and literature.
Violin (electric and classical).
Mountain biking in the rugged hills of Wales.
Education
LLB (Cardiff)
LLM (Cantab)
Memberships
PIBA and FLBA
Languages
Welsh