Real Estate

Real Estate Disputes

Expert property dispute lawyers.

Specialist property dispute solicitors

The law governing property is constantly changing. This can create the prospect of property disputes, now or in the future – which can prove costly in terms of lost opportunities, revenue and even reputation. Our property dispute lawyers are well-equipped to provide strategic advice to mitigate risks and handle disputes efficiently.

Whether you’re an investor or a developer, a housebuilder or a retailer, a charity or a farmer, the way you manage your land and property is fundamental to how you operate. They are, after all, expensive and valuable assets. Our property dispute solicitors have the expertise to support you in navigating the complexities of property law.

Our services

Our expert property litigation lawyers advise on all aspects of real estate and development including:

  • Development, promotion and option agreement disputes.
  • Disputes covering restrictive covenants including injunctive relief and applications to the Lands Chamber.
  • Rights to light including injunctions.
  • All elements of building safety litigation.
  • Easements, rights of way and boundary issues.
  • Title and adverse possession.
  • All landlord and tenant issues, from negotiating new leases (hostile and non-hostile), applications for consent, claims for breach of covenant, rectification, dilapidations and determination of leases (break options, forfeiture and expiry).
  • Litigation arising across multi-sector portfolios.

Why choose Foot Anstey?

The goal of our real estate dispute lawyers is twofold. Firstly, we want to help you avoid disputes altogether, by advising you on decisions – big or small – which you make about your property. Secondly, where disputes do happen, we can help you resolve them through negotiation or the formal property litigation process. Our property litigation solicitor team is experienced in handling various disputes, including boundary disputes and commercial property litigation.

We know that the complicated nature of property disputes means it’s crucial that we act as an extension of your team – we don’t work in silos. We are always looking to get you from A to B in the most pragmatic way possible. Our property litigation team focuses on proactive strategies that minimise the likelihood of conflicts.

We focus on results and resolution. Sometimes that means litigation is necessary – in which case, our expert property litigation lawyers are ably equipped to support. Our real estate dispute lawyers have acted at every level of the English legal system, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

We’re equally well versed in helping our clients to navigate alternative, more conciliatory methods of resolving disputes, including arbitration, mediation and independent expert determination.

We pride ourselves on empowering our clients’ ambitions as trusted advisors, providing easy-to-understand legal advice on a whole range of disputes and disagreements over land and property. This includes disputes over issues like possession, development, leases, land value, telecommunications equipment, restrictive covenants, nuisance and right to light. Our property dispute lawyers have extensive experience in handling property transactions, property disputes and boundary disputes.

Our lawyers aren’t just here property disputes and for when things go wrong. We’re here to help you to minimise risk and avoid disputes in the future by making the most out of opportunities to get or increase value of your property. That could involve preparing land for development, leasing property, subletting or advising on property law as part of large commercial deals.

Our people

We have one of the largest teams of specialist property litigation solicitors in the UK with specialisms across the developer, energy, retail and private wealth sectors.

This means we can cover every type of property-related dispute, whether it’s over commercial or private property, or various kinds of land, including agricultural, green belt and brownfield. Our property litigation team is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients.

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What our clients say?

“A very strong property litigation team with considerable experience in disputes about development land valuations and infrastructure as well as all the more common types of property litigation.”

Legal 500 2025

“They are commercial, readily available, and have a collaborative attitude that encourages long-standing relationships.”

Chambers UK 2025

“A brilliant team, especially for property litigation and telecommunications law.”

Legal 500 2025

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