I am an experienced consultant property litigator with nearly two decades experience acting and advising on a wide variety of property disputes. I specialises in all aspects of commercial, development and residential property disputes, including but not limited to:

• Disputes in connection with development agreements and site assembly issues (including easements and rights of way/access disputes)

• Contentious and non-contentious business lease renewals

• Dilapidation claims

• Disputes over breach of covenants including forfeiture or relief applications

• Exercising break options and reviewing the validity of notices served

• Recovery of land or premises from unlawful occupiers or squatters

• Lease surrender negotiations

• Disputes over consent to assignment, sub-letting, change of use, alterations

• Insolvency related disputes arising out of liquidation, administration and receivership of landlords, tenants, sub-tenants and third parties

• Professional negligence: disputes against other solicitors, valuers and professional agents 

• Disposal of interests on behalf of LPA receivers and IP’s

• Recovery of commercial rent arrears and service charges (including Commercial Rent Arrears

• Recovery, court proceedings and insolvency proceedings)

• Disputes with owners of neighbouring properties over boundaries, easements (eg rights of way, rights to park, rights to light, etc), trespass, nuisance, Party Wall and adverse possession

• Contested probate claims

• Applications to first tier tribunal for modification or discharge of restrictive covenants