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Real estate disputes

Ensuring compliance and safeguarding against building and fire risks through expert legal guidance and tailored solutions for clients across all sectors.

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Time-sensitive real estate disputes require swift, high-quality legal advice, and the size and expertise of our team enable us to consistently meet client expectations, even in the most challenging cases.

We focus on early resolution through pragmatic, commercial, and innovative strategies. However, we also bring extensive experience in successfully litigating in courts and tribunals when necessary to meet our clients’ commercial objectives.

We maintain strong relationships with a wide range of clients, span commercial property institutions, banks, investment companies, and high net worth individuals, who trust us to deliver results efficiently. Clients include Severn Trent Water, St.Modwen, Tritax BigBox, The Post Office, St James’s Place, Virgin, John Lewis Partnership, Pennon Group, the Greater London Authority, and the Competition and Markets Authority.

Our expert service covers everything from initial advice in the early stages of a dispute to handling technically complex litigation and asset management for large-scale property portfolios.

From commercial landlord and tenant matters to property-related professional negligence claims, we ensure comprehensive support and guidance to help you manage risks and resolve disputes efficiently.

Services

Commercial landlord and tenant disputes

Advising on lease renewals, rent reviews, service charge disputes, and tenant breaches.

Electronic Communications Code disputes

Supporting in resolving disputes under the Electronic Communications Code, including telecoms installations on land.

Real property rights

Advising on rights of way, easements, restrictive covenants, and boundary disputes.

Development disputes

Handling disputes arising from construction projects, planning permissions, and developer obligations.

Building safety disputes

Acting for landlords, tenants, developers and government bodies in relation to proceedings to remedy buildings with defective cladding and other safety defects and recover the costs of remediation.

Secured lending recoveries

Recovering secured lending, including mortgage repossessions and enforcement.

Property-related insolvency advice

Supporting landlords, tenants, and creditors with property-related insolvency issues and restructuring.

Strategic and high-value residential disputes

Advising on complex residential disputes, including leasehold enfranchisement and high-value property claims.

Representing claimants in professional negligence claims related to real estate, typically against solicitors and surveyors.

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The Electronic Communications Code

We provide strategic, cost-effective advice to both landowners and operators on all aspects of the Electronic Communications Code, from initial guidance to complex litigation in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber).

Our team, alongside specialists in Technology and Telecommunications, serves clients like Severn Trent Water and Transport for Wales, addressing key challenges and negotiations.

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Examples of our work

The Crown Estate

Advising on the contentious and non-contentious management of its £16 billion portfolio of Rural, Traditional, Windsor and Strategic assets, as well as administering Escheat property across the UK on behalf of TCE.

Tritax BigBox REIT PLC

Advising this FTSE 250 listed company on the asset management of its £7 billion portfolio of logistics assets.

St Modwen

Advising on a range of contentious issues relating to its logistics and development portfolios.

Severn Trent Water and South West Water

Providing legal advice on Electronic Communications Code issues for their property portfolio, including negotiating access rights for telecoms operators.

The John Lewis Partnership

Advising on asset management and major projects across their Waitrose and John Lewis stores portfolio including their distribution and logistics sites.

Global investment bank

Advising for many years in relation to asset management issues across the client’s UK office portfolio, including decant into new central London HQ and multiple rent reviews, landlord and tenant and dilapidations claims.

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What others say

“The team provides excellent, clear and concise advice with legal and practical approaches.”

Chambers UK 2025

“They are really excellent. They appear to have recruited excellent employees at all levels of the team. Their employees stand out for being extremely bright, knowledgeable and highly skilled litigators.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“They're of the highest quality – able to roll their sleeves up and get to the bottom of difficult disputes, cutting through complex issues and presenting facts and commercial options in a clear and user-friendly manner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

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Insights

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