Whether your issue concerns residential or commercial property we have one of the largest teams of specialist litigators in the South East including partners, solicitors, trainees and paralegals. We are experienced in acting in a range of property litigation disputes nationally.
Our property litigation team act in a wide variety of property disputes nationally. Our work includes disputes over properties bought at auction, forcing completion of a sale/purchase, forcing sale of jointly owned property, advising in joint venture disputes involving developments of land into flats or commercial to residential property, and acting for landlords of property nationwide, helping evict bad tenants and dealing with situations where rent arrears have accrued or where a tenant is claiming damages for disrepair. Our team have successfully acted in (at least) hundreds of property disputes with decades of experience. Typically we only act for landlords.
For residential property buy to let landlords the world has become more complex. There has been a significant overhaul to the process landlords, agents and property investors need to complete when seeking to regain possession of residential buy to let property, with the new law applying from 1 May 2026 with the introduction of the Renters Rights Act. For more information regarding these changes see here.
The law is precise in property litigation and what may appear to be minor problems with notices, evidence and/or court proceedings can lead to wasted time and costs. We help landlords resolve these problems and issues as quickly and as cleanly as possible. The advice we give is always tailored to regaining possession and any arrears as quickly, cheaply and as painlessly as possible.
We are also experienced in dealing with more complex property litigation including more significant claims and frequently help landlords and freehold owners, developers, portfolio owners or offshore companies claiming to recover losses or defend claims issued against them. We also assist construction companies nationally resolve and avoid disputes involving litigation and adjudications.
We frequently act for block managers in dealing with lessees who have fallen into service charge arrears and are able to assist and advise people involved in first tier tribunal proceedings and advise in complex leasehold and freehold disputes.
Our work includes services for commercial landlords as well as residential property landlords. We frequently act for landlords of commercial property in dealing with breaches of lease and forfeiture and are happy to assist and advise in this legal area.
The starting point is always to give us some basic details and information, ideally by completing the enquiry form on this page. We will then allocate your enquiry to an appropriate member of the property litigation team who will contact you initially without any charge or obligation. If we can help you we will say how and will be clear on what it will cost to instruct us. In many property disputes where it stacks up for you and for us we are able to alternative funding agreements, backing our own advice and only being paid when we’ve won. We’ve worked in this way successfully for over 15 years.
Call us on 01273 036022 or contact us online. We’ll give you a clear, honest assessment of your position and what your realistic options are. We act for residential and commercial landlords across England and Wales, and we’re straightforward about prospects from the outset.
