Marianne Rock-Perring

Associate

Marianne is an associate in the real estate litigation team in London. She is experienced in representing a diverse range of clients, including private individuals, institutional landlords, tenants, and housing associations.

Her practice covers all aspects of contentious commercial and residential property, and her experience includes handling complex service charge disputes, possession cases, disrepair issues, trespass matters, real property disputes, boundary disputes, the construction of leases, and business lease renewals and disputes. Marianne leverages her extensive knowledge and experience to achieve favourable outcomes for her clients. She remains dedicated to ensuring her clients receive tailored commercial answers, and providing the highest standard of legal representation.

I am a property disputes lawyer with significant experience in dealing with commercial and residential landlord and tenant and real property issues. I regularly act for landlords, tenants, retailers, property owners, investors and financial institutions and offer my clients commercially driven solutions to their real estate disputes, whether they may be mainstream issues or more niche problems.

Marianne Rock-Perring, Associate

Marianne qualified as a solicitor in 2002, then spent 10 years in the property litigation team at a top 100 law firm. During this time, she honed her skills and built a reputation for her meticulous attention to detail and her commitment to achieving the best outcomes for her clients. After taking a career break to raise her family, she joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in June 2021.

Recent work highlights

1954 Act lease renewal

Acting on behalf of an institutional landlord in the lease renewal of a petrol station site.

Lease renewal rental dispute

Acting for the tenant in a lease renewal rental dispute successfully resolved by PACT.

Real property disputes

Providing strategic advice to a landowner in respect of potential rectification of a title claim and the determination of the boundaries of a country lane.

Dilapidations

Acting and advising on the settlement of a high-value dilapidations claim on behalf of an institutional landlord.

Professional negligence

Acting on behalf of individuals in respect of a professional negligence claim against their conveyancing solicitors.

Utilities

Obtaining a warrant for re-entry on behalf of a water company in opposed proceedings in the magistrates’ court under the Water Industry Act 1991.