Real Estate Experience
Covenant Dispute
Advising The Crown Estate over covenant dispute in relation to property the subject matter of an £85 million refurbishment.
Vacation issues
Acting on behalf of joint liquidators over vacation issues flowing from a £18 million sale contract of industrial premises which is the subject matter of contested High Court litigation.
Dilapidation dispute
Acting on behalf of Lloyds TSB Property Management Team on a dilapidation/ reinstatement dispute.
Disputed Purchase Price
Acting on behalf of National Grid in relation to disputed purchase price over multi-million pound sale of development property.
Contractual Dispute
Advising development company on contractual dispute involving significant area of development land and linked dispute with contractors over service installations
Defending call on repayment of loan
Acting for finance company in defending call on repayment of loan monies lent against a significant property portfolio.
Defending adverse possession claim
Acting on behalf of Estate in defending adverse possession claim over development land.
Land and joint venture dispute
Acting on behalf of individuals in complex multi-party land and joint venture dispute.
Disputed enfranchisement claim
Acting for individual in disputed enfranchisement claim in the specialist Chancery List of Central London County Court over Kensington property.
Ground rent allocation dispute
Advising Stockland Halladale on ground rent allocation dispute (valued in excess of £1 million) with local authority relating to Midlands shopping centre.
Surplus land disposal
Advising one of the major UK racecourses in the proposed disposal of surplus areas of land for approximately 1500 units of residential accommodation. Critical to this was the requirement to balance competing demands of maximizing value and maintaining and enhancing the racecourse business. We also negotiated an access to the development over the adjoining railway.
Leasing a mineral water spring
Acting for a landowner in the Midlands on the grant of a long lease of a mineral water spring to a multinational drinks corporation.
Phased residential development
The disposal of the third phase of a large residential scheme in Dorset to Persimmon. We also acted on the disposal of the earlier phases to Persimmon and in selling land for employment use adjoining the development. In each case the land ownership was complex, being owed in part by various members of the same family or family trusts. We also acted for the farming company tenant.
Hybrid agreements
Acting for a Trust on the grant of a hybrid option and promotion agreement over approximately 100 acres of land for residential development in the South East to a consortium of developers.