Property Dispute Resolution
Warners has a dedicated specialist property dispute resolution team of solicitors that advises and acts for a wide range of clients from large property investors and developers to those with smaller portfolios and individual owners and tenants.The lawyers in the team are expert in this highly complex field.
The team engage when needed similarly specialist barristers and other professionals. There is a close collaboration between the property dispute resolution solicitors and those in our commercial property and residential property teams.
Our Services
We are able to advise in all aspects of property disputes including the following:- Residential landlord and tenant possession actions
- Commercial landlord and tenant possession actions including forfeiture
- Dilapidation claims
- Service charge disputes
- Easements and covenants including rights of way, rights of parking and covenants not to build/extend
- Boundary disputes
- Party Wall Act disputes
- Nuisance claims
- Co-ownership disputes
- Adverse possession
- Conveyancing remedies
- Neighbour Disputes
Some Examples of Recent Property Dispute Resolution Cases Handled by the Team
- Forfeiting the lease of commercial premises without court proceedings and recovering significant rent arrears as a result.
- Successfully opposing an application by a landlord for possession of commercial premises on grounds of disrepair.
- An application to the Land Registry for rectification of a registered title.
- Recovery of service charges following an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.
- Recovering possession of a residential property following breaches of covenant by the tenant.
- Representing a large property owner in successfully defending a challenge made concerning the imposition of parking regulations.
Court of Appeal Cases
- Larkstore -v- Technotrade
- Rodway -v- Landy
- Montrose Court Holdings Ltd -v- Shamash
Latest news
- Unclear Drafting Blamed for Dispute Over Right of Way A recent case in the Court of Appeal illustrates how disputes can arise between neighbours as a result of ambiguous drafting of legal documents. In this case, the dispute concerned the owners of neighbouring properties that had originally been one parcel of land....
- Car Turning Area Creates Right Over Property A landowner who allows another person or persons to make use of their land may lose the right to prevent the use if it persists over a long period. Where such use continues for more than 20 years, an ‘easement’ (the right of use over someone else’s property) is created....
- General Boundaries Rule Foils Ransom Strip Registration When someone must cross a piece of someone else’s land to access their own, the land crossed is known as a ‘ransom strip’, because the price which must be paid for the right to cross the land is often heavy.
