Services for Larger Businesses

Disputes and Litigation

Property Litigation

Our Knowledge, Your Business

Irwin Mitchell’s expert property litigation team can help you if your business is in a dispute over property, whether this is commercial or residential. We have an insight into the different perspectives of any dispute as our broad range of experience covers all kinds of property disputes; we regularly advise:

Landlords
Tenants
Property management companies
Developers
Local authorities
Other public bodies

We understand that you will be concerned about how to protect and enforce the business's legal position in relation to its property rights. Irwin Mitchell’s expert property litigation team are specialists in this technically complex area.

Experts In Property Litigation

We understand that our clients often need immediate action to be taken to protect their interests in property. This requires the expert technical knowledge and tactical advice together with the ability to take instant action possessed by our dedicated property litigation team.

Our experience has shown us that this pro-active approach is essential as taking the correct steps to protect our client's interests immediately can often save them considerable sums of money. This has allowed Irwin Mitchell to build its well earned reputation for taking on, and winning, difficult cases.

This reputation has secured us ongoing working relationships, acting for a number of well known high street retailers with large property portfolios and for other clients ranging from multi national companies, local authorities and universities to small businesses.

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, commercial property and insolvency teams where necessary, to tailor a precise, accurate service.

Our main work 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

Working With Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell is one of the UK’s leading providers of legal services to businesses. Our clients range in size from small enterprises to large corporations.

We offer commercially-focused expertise in complex, high-value work, and an exceptional portfolio of commoditised legal processes. Our legal guidance is designed to be assimilated by your business seamlessly and transparently.

Our clients value the proactive, straightforward approach, creativity and close partner involvement that make Irwin Mitchell one of the country’s most successful and respected law firms.

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.

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Claim Against Property Developer Following HSE Prohibition Notice

Cathryn Selby recently represented a successful machine tooling company in their claim against a national property developer. The developer’s excavations for new student accommodation on land adjacent to our client’s factory caused significant subsidence and cracks to appear in their factory. This resulted in the HSE placing a Prohibition Notice on the site.

Cathryn’s client was forced to find alternative premises and was unable to trade for a number of months causing significant financial losses. Although insured, not all of the losses suffered by our client were covered by their insurance therefore they were forced to pursue the developer for their uninsured losses.

Cathryn helped her client negotiate and secure a favourable settlement in excess of £425,000. Importantly, costly and lengthy court proceedings were avoided and the settlement money helped the client invest in new machinery whilst allowing the client to focus on its business rather than on protracted legal proceedings.

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