Landlord and Tenant

We are genuine specialists in advising both landlords and tenants in this highly technical area of the law and provide a full service over the full range of disputes which arise in the context of the landlord and tenant relationship with a particular specialism in all aspects of leasehold enfranchisement.

Our Landlord and Tenant team includes of a partner, senior associate and senior legal executive who advise on landlord and tenant disputes together with two partners and a senior consultant who assist clients in negotiating leases, with a particular specialism in all aspects of leasehold enfranchisement.

Examples of the advice we offer in this area are:

• Negotiating
  - leases – residential and commercial
  - licences to assign
  - licences for alterations
  - lease variations
• Possession actions
• Forfeiture claims and acting for tenants and sub-tenants seeking relief from forfeiture
• Rent and service charge disputes
• Enforcement of covenants in leases
• Dilapidations and disrepair
• Rent reviews
• Contested applications to assign / underlet / carry out alterations
• Determination of leases and licences
• Business lease renewals
• Removal of trespassers and squatters
• Original tenant and guarantor liability
• Property related insolvency issues
• Lease extensions, freehold purchases, collective enfranchisement of the freehold and tenants’ rights of first refusal