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Real Estate Disputes

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What we do

Property disputes can affect ownership, occupation, investment returns and development plans. We advise landlords, tenants, investors, developers, landowners and homeowners on contentious issues involving commercial and residential property.
Our work includes lease renewals, break rights, forfeiture, dilapidations, possession, landlord’s consent, change of use, boundaries, rights, title, enfranchisement, telecommunications apparatus and professional negligence. We work closely with our wider Real Estate and Planning teams where the dispute forms part of a broader transaction or development strategy.

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We assess the legal position, the property context and the commercial objective before recommending a course of action. This may involve early negotiation, mediation, tribunal or court proceedings, or a strategy designed to preserve development and investment options.
Our advice is focused on resolving the immediate issue while protecting the long-term value and use of the property.

Advising on rent, service charges, repair, alienation, use and other obligations throughout the lease relationship.

Creating strategies to secure sites, remove occupational interests and protect development timetables.

Pursuing and defending claims concerning repair, reinstatement and terminal obligations.

Resolving applications and disputes involving assignment, underletting, alterations and change of use.

Managing statutory renewals, notices, break rights, forfeiture and strategies for recovering possession.

Pursuing claims where property professionals have caused financial loss.

Resolving disputes involving easements, restrictive covenants, adverse possession and ownership.

Advising on possession, leasehold rights and collective or individual enfranchisement.

Addressing Code rights, renewals, termination and removal of apparatus from development land.

What to expect from us

The right legal experts, wherever you are.

Regional teams, nationally connected – we move quickly, stay close, and bring the right specialists together around you.

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.

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