We carry out a comprehensive range of property litigation work covering all varieties of landlord and tenant disputes as well as complex and often landmark cases. Our practice has grown both as a result of instructions from new clients and supporting the litigation needs of our established property client base. We act for landowners, developers, financial institutions and corporates.

Recent work includes acting for:

  • Lincoln Financial Group in proceedings over the ownership of its UK head office premises worth around £40m;
  • P&O Property Holdings in its successful claim for specific performance of part of a £105m sale of a portfolio of shopping centres;
  • a leading telecoms company over the acquisition and development of sites for its 3G network;
  • Scottish Provident Institution in rectification and title dispute proceedings involving Prestige Properties and the chief land registrar;
  • Barings Trust Company in proceedings against the City Corporation and the London Borough of Islington;
  • Scottish Widows in Court of Appeal proceedings concerning lease break provisions;
  • a tenant of premises in Hong Kong, in securing a charging order over the landlord’s properties;
  • Citibank in proceedings considering the interpretation of a headline rent review clause;
  • Merton College, Oxford in its dispute with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies over a proposed development in central Oxford; and
  • English Welsh & Scottish Railway on a disputed building lease agreement for the construction of a waste disposal plant.

News

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Briefings

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Awards

Commercial Arbitration Law Firm of the Year - Who's Who Legal (2008)

Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year - Lawyer Awards (2008)

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