Recent work highlights

• Advising a commercial tenant on its obligations for repair of its shop units involving a claim to the High Court for damages following the collapse of the façade of the building.
• Acting for a shopping centre tenant on its claim for damages in relation to loss of security of tenure when its rights of lease renewal were not protected.
• Securing a settlement of a dispute over the validity of a tenant client’s break notice served in respect of its leasehold HQ, which was surplus to its requirements.
• Advising leaseholders on an application to the Property Chamber First-tier Tribunal for the appointment of a manager where the leaseholders were in deadlock over the management of their building.
• Representing an intermediate landlord on a successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for the determination of reasonableness of charges payable by leaseholders - some of which included charges passed on by a superior landlord, who the team joined to the claim.

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