Caroline Cowley

Caroline advises on property-related disputes and land ownership matters, with particular expertise in claims under the Building Safety Act 2022.

Working closely with developers, landlords, and tenants, Caroline’s specialisms include commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes, lease renewals and termination strategies, dilapidations claims, possession proceedings and trespass, easements, rights of way and restrictive covenants, boundary and title disputes, property management, and property development.

Examples of Caroline’s work include:

• Defending and settling a claim brought by leaseholders and the Residential Management Company against a housebuilder for a Remediation Contribution Order under the Building Safety Act 2022 concerning alleged fire safety defects.
• Defending a £5 million-plus claim in the High Court for Building Liability Orders brought by the National House Building Council (NHBC) against companies for re-cladding and other fire safety related costs the NHBC has paid out under their home warranty scheme.
• Acting for a developer in dealing with a claim in the First-tier Tribunal under the Building Safety Act for a Remediation Order and Remediation Contribution Order.
• Advising a developer in relation to their obligations under the Developer’s Self Remediation Contract concerning fire safety defects at their developments.
• Advising in relation to issues with Gateway 2 applications to the Building Safety Regulator.
• Acting for developers in bringing numerous claims against their consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, and any associated companies that were involved in designing and constructing any of their developments that have relevant defects under the Building Safety Act.
• Advising various Resident Management Companies and Right-to-Manage Companies whose buildings contain fire-safety related defects of their options for pursuing developers, landlords and other associated companies who may have been involved in the construction.