The following query is incorrectly marking the addressLines in the where section of the query as incorrect, saying that a String type is expected. The addressLines attribute of org is a mapped list of Strings and the query works as expected. <query name="BOSDSOrganisationDAO.QUERY_ORGANISATION_NACS_NAME_POSTCODE_ADDRESS"> <![CDATA[ select org from BOSDSOrganisation org left join org.addressLines as addressLines where (org.organisationNACSCode like :organisationNACSCode) and (org.organisationName like :organisationName) and (org.postcode like :postcode) and ((addressLines like :addressLine1) or (addressLines like :addressLine2) or (addressLines like :addressLine3) or (addressLines like :addressLine4) or (addressLines like :addressLine5)) ]]> </query>