Property dispute advice

Property dispute solicitors

If you are involved in a dispute involving residential property, Irwin Mitchell’s expert property dispute solicitors can help. Our broad range of experience covers all kinds of property disputes and involves advising and representing tenants, landlords, home or land owners and leaseholders, giving us an insight into all perspectives. In all of these situations, we have a reputation for taking on, and winning, difficult cases on behalf of our private landlord, home owner and tenant clients.

We are experts in property disputes

Our specialist property dispute solicitors have considerable experience in all kinds of dispute resolution, and where appropriate, we do all we can through negotiation to avoid litigation, including conducting mediations. However, we have an enviable reputation for successful legal actions and our litigation expertise is recognised in the Legal 500, which rates the top law firms.

About our property dispute work

We represent all parties who might be involved in property disputes. In all cases we draw on the wide variety of resources available to us in dealing with your specific needs, using the expertise available in our debt recovery, property and conveyancing teams where necessary, to tailor a precise, accurate service.

Our main property dispute work includes:

• rent and service charge recovery (including court proceedings and insolvency proceedings).
• possession proceedings.
• repair claims and actions relating to other breaches of covenant, for both tenants and landlords.
• other landlord and tenant disputes.
• forfeiture actions/applications to Leasehold Valuation Tribunal relating to breaches of covenant.
• recovery of land or premises from unlawful occupiers or squatters.
• disputes with neighbouring occupiers over boundaries, rights of way or nuisance claims.
• adverse possession actions.
• mortgage disputes.
• Party Walls Act disputes.
• planning and environmental disputes.
• leasehold enfranchisement, for example extending a lease, buying your freehold or exercising the right to manage your flat.

We use case management systems to ensure the smooth running and careful monitoring of all of our client work.

Funding your property dispute case

The property dispute team is committed to providing you with the latest funding options and we’re able to consider a variety of arrangements including conditional fees and before and after the event insurance arrangements. We’ll discuss your specific options early on and will do everything we can to assist in choosing the right route for you.

For more information call 0870 1500 100, or use the links above to drop us a line.