Property dispute lawyers
Protecting property is essential. When disagreements cannot be settled amicably our property dispute resolution team will explain your legal position clearly and cost-effectively.
We have one of the largest property litigation teams in the UK, with extensive experience in all areas of property dispute resolution. As property people first and litigators second, our property dispute lawyers understand the pressures you face and always consider the commercial realities.
Litigation can be both expensive and risky, we will do our utmost to resolve disputes via mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation or informal settlement meetings. If a settlement proves elusive, we are robust and assertive litigators who will represent your interests vigorously and professionally.
Who our property dispute lawyers work with
Our property dispute solicitors represent a wide range of clients including: government departments, major developers, institutional investors, major occupiers, estate owners, small businesses and other individuals with a variation of issues.
Services to suit your needs
If you are a landlord or tenant we can help you with:
- Lease renewals
- Lease breaks
- Changes of use
- Rent reviews
- Service charge issues
- Repair claims
As developers you might need assistance with:
- Construction disputes
- Development and funding agreements
- Sale and purchase disputes
- Overage
- Clawback
- Access and utility issues
- Rights to light and restrictive covenants
If a property owner, we can advise you on:
- Right of way
- Restrictive covenants
- Boundary disputes
- Village green applications
- Compulsory purchase
- Environmental issues
- Party wall disputes and appeals
- Japanese knotweed
Residential property disputes
Our team can provide specialist advice to landlords and leaseholders of residential properties in relation to the leaseholder’s rights (to acquire the freehold, extend their lease or to manage their property) as well as service charge disputes.
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Our property disputes experience
Advised two major landlords in connection with the impact of their tenant’s ongoing Chapter 11 insolvency proceedings in the Unites States, on their leasehold obligations in respect of two substantial cinema leases.
Assisted owners of properties to assess options and maximise recovery from tenants in liquidation, administration or under voluntary arrangements, dealing with over 100 different processes.
Helped a well-known tenant company to make a seven-figure saving by successfully meeting tricky repairing, payment and other lease compliance conditions for breaking its lease.
Helped a shopping centre owner obtain possession of part of a centre for redevelopment, as well as helping other landlords obtain future flexibility through redevelopment break options.
Helped a public sector tenant make a multimillion pound saving on a dilapidations claim on exiting a building that it had occupied for 40 years.
Successfully pursued a significant claim for a landlord for arrears and future rent against a previous tenant, after the retailer it had assigned to had entered liquidation.
Negotiated a settlement for a commercial tenant on a point of interpretation in a rent review dispute, giving it a £2 million saving on rent.
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