Our experienced real estate disputes lawyers take a proactive and creative role in dealing with all aspects of commercial and residential real estate disputes.
Our priority is to help you avoid disputes. If they cannot be avoided, then we use our expertise to resolve those disputes. In addition to property litigation, we are skilled in all forms of alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration.
We represent clients in the High Court and county courts, the appeal courts, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, the Lands Tribunal, at mediations and at arbitrations.
We have experience acting for all types of clients ranging from high net worth individuals to private and public companies, landlords and tenants, developers, government departments, energy companies, banks, charities, leisure operators including pub companies, restaurants and cinemas, retailers, insolvency practitioners, off-shore trusts, institutional investors including pension funds, and local authorities.
We understand the real estate market, and we provide tailored advice to help you achieve the best possible outcome in the most cost effective manner. We advise on all aspects of property disputes, including:
- agency commission claims;
- break clauses;
- development agreements and overage claims;
- dilapidations;
- forfeiture;
- lease renewals;
- leasehold enfranchisement, lease extensions, right to buy, and right to manage;
- rights of first refusal;
- party wall disputes;
- possession claims including dealing with protestors, adverse possession actions and squatters;
- professional negligence claims involving property professionals such as surveyors or solicitors;
- insolvency, for instance where a landlord or a tenant becomes insolvent or where an insolvency practitioner requires help in dealing with a real estate portfolio;
- property management work such as debt-recovery, disputed assignments, underlettings, alterations and variations, and enforcement of covenants;
- rent reviews;
- restrictive covenants;
- rights of light;
- rights of access, rights of way, and other easement claims;
- service charge disputes;
- telecommunications code issues; and
- trespass and nuisance claims
For more information on real estate disputes, please speak to our key contacts:
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