Property and Construction Litigation
Foot Anstey has an established reputation as having the leading specialist Property and Construction Litigation team in the south west.
We pride ourselves on understanding the clients’ business and objectives. We provide excellent commercial advice coupled with cost effectiveness and a swift response.
Both teams deal with all aspects of contentious property disputes and it should be noted that a substantial amount of its work is advisory as well as dispute resolution.
By no means exhaustive, a list of the types of work the teams regularly deal with is set out below.
- Landlord and Tenant (lease renewals, service charge disputes, dilapidations, rent reviews, arrears)
- Self-help Remedies (distress, forfeiture by peaceable re-entry)
- Injunctions (nuisance, trespass)
- Defective Title Disputes (squatters, adverse possession)
- Forfeiture (advice on breaches of covenant, section 146 notices, remedies available to both landlord and tenant)
- Possession Actions (commercial, residential)
- Restrictive Covenants (advice on enforcement, lands Tribunal application
- Professional Negligence (Solicitors, Surveyors, Architects)
- Rights of Light, Rights of Way, and Boundary Disputes
- Building Disputes (defective works, delays, witholding payment)
- Party Wall Disputes
The most recent edition of the independent directory Chambers UK 2009 comments on the team and its lawyers as follows:
The Firm: The property litigation team “can certainly hold its own” as it manages a workload representing developers and landlords in commercial disputes over leases, easements, possession actions and the interpretation of title. Numerous local authorities and district councils instruct the group, calling upon “the lawyers" fine understanding of the issues that affect the public.” Loyal clients maintain that “the service is of equal depth and professionalism to the bigger national firms.” Chambers 2009
The Lawyers: Richard Bagwell “steps into the client’s way of thinking and responds to situations rapidly,” commentators say. Having led on most of the firm’s annual highlights, he has been exposed to a host of real property disputes and some professional negligence-related work. Chambers 2009
For initial advice, please contact:
- Richard Bagwell on 01392 411221
- Toby Claridge on 01872 243333
