Disputes and Litigation 

Property Litigation 

Our Knowledge, Your Business

If you’re involved in a dispute over commercial or residential property, Irwin Mitchell’s expert property litigation team can help your in-house counsel team to achieve a favourable outcome.

Experts In Property Litigation

Our range of specialist expertise covers all kinds of property disputes, with advice to landlords and tenants who are:

  • Developers
  • Local authorities
  • Public bodies
  • High street retailers with large property portfolios
  • Multi-national companies
  • Universities
  • Small businesses

Working on behalf of all of these diverse clients, we have a reputation for taking on - and winning - difficult cases. We freely use the expertise available in our debt recovery, property and conveyancing teams to deliver a precise, accurate service.

Irwin Mitchell also uses case management systems to ensure the smooth running and careful monitoring of our client work, which includes:

  • Lease renewal proceedings
  • Rent and service charge recovery (including distraint, court proceedings and insolvency proceedings)
  • Dilapidations claims and actions relating to other breaches of covenant
  • Forfeiture actions and applications for relief
  • Recovery of land or premises from unlawful occupiers/squatters
  • Lease surrender negotiations
  • Disputes over consent to assignment/sub-letting/change of use
  • Disputes with neighbouring occupiers over boundaries/rights of way
  • Planning and environmental disputes
  • Leasehold enfranchisement for commercial landlords, for example dealing with residential leaseholders applications to extend a lease, buy the freehold or exercise the right to manage
  • Residential possession actions/rent recovery for commercial landlords

How We Work With In-House Counsel

We have many years of experience in providing commercially focused and objective legal advice to in-house counsel from a range of sectors and industries.

Our legal specialists will offer you guidance in plain language that can be easily integrated into your organisation.

Unlike with some other law firms, with us you get a high level of involvement from our partners. We can offer creative solutions to your business problems and a proactive, straightforward approach.

Further Property Litigation Information

To arrange a discussion with no obligations, call 0870 1500100 or send us an online enquiry.

Our experienced lawyers have the expertise needed to help you and your business. Choose from the list below to learn more about our experts in this area.
Name Location Job Title Telephone
Danny Revitt Sheffield Partner 0870 1500 100
Clare Foster Sheffield Legal Executive 0870 1500 100
James Parden Sheffield Legal Executive 0870 1500 100



Recent Property Litigation Cases

Recent Property Litigation Cases

Property Litigation cases

08/03/2010

The property litigation team have recently completed the following cases:

Danny Revitt and Amir Mughal took a business lease renewal of premises in Wakefield to trial on the issue of rent and succeeded in securing a rent close to our client's suggested level.

Danny Revitt. Clare Rant and Amir Mughal advised a major property management company in a complex dispute over management fees

Danny Revitt and Amir Mughal resolved on favourable terms a complex indemnity claim for a large developer arising from fit out works carried out by its tenant to commercial premises

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