Owning or dealing with property in the UK is not always straightforward and understanding your position in relation to a potential dispute and the opportunities associated with it are often complicated.
Our team prides itself on delivering clear and practical advice to business clients in commercial property or development disputes, and to individuals relating to high value, private property matters.
We understand that clients want value for money and an outcome that advances their personal or business needs wherever possible. Our property dispute lawyers therefore keep costs and proportionality at the centre of their strategy advice and focus on securing the best outcome at proportionate cost.
Property disputes can be resolved in many ways and engaging with the court or tribunal is typically considered to be a last resort. We work with our clients to find solutions that best suit their needs. Our team is experienced in securing successful outcomes for clients in court, tribunal or arbitration proceedings, and achieving settlements through mediation, settlement meetings and other means of negotiation.
Our expertise
Our expert Property Disputes team undertakes a wide range of property disputes. including:
For business landlords or tenants:
- Recovering unpaid sums due (including insolvency issues)
- Lease renewals
- Lease extensions and collective enfranchisement
- Disputes about the rights or obligations in a lease
- Breaking or terminating (forfeiting) a lease (e.g. ending it early) and resisting or avoiding it
- Obtaining possession of the property at the end of the lease
- Dilapidations and disrepair disputes
- Advice about when a tenant vacates a property (or intends to).
For private property owners:
- Boundary disputes
- Adverse possession
- Rights of way and other easement matters
- Covenants and restrictions on the use of land
- Party wall disputes
- Title issues, including rectifying mistakes in a title
- Ownership disputes (including beneficial interests and trusts)
- Misrepresentation in connection with the sale of land
- Residential possession claims.
For developers:
- Access and easement disputes
- Rights of light
- Restrictive covenants impeding use or development
- Construction disputes
- Development and joint venture disputes
- Contractual disputes concerning sale contracts and transfer deeds
- Overage and option agreements
- Professional negligence claims involving solicitors, surveyors and financial services firms.