{"id":13092,"date":"2022-03-26T21:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/?page_id=13092"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:17:29","slug":"property-litigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/our-expertise\/for-individuals\/property-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Property litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our individual property litigation team stands out from its competitors due to its depth of knowledge and experience. Even some of the junior members of our team have close to ten years\u2019 experience and our partners considerably more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our individual property litigation team handles a broad range of commercial and residential real estate and private landlord and tenant disputes. 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Successfully retrieving the purchaser\u2019s deposit and other losses and rescinding the contract.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully acting for a number of residential leaseholders in challenging the level of service charges claimed by the freeholder.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully obtaining relief from forfeiture for a residential leaseholder following the service of a section 146 notice and negotiating licence terms allowing unauthorised alternations to remain in situ.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully acting for a freeholder, who entered into a personal guarantee secured over the property, to defend possession proceedings by the charge holder.<\/li>\n<li>Acting in a dispute between four brothers over their late father\u2019s property. Negotiating terms for the sale of the property and the proceeds split between the parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Practice areas<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Assignment and sub-letting<\/li>\n<li>Boundary disputes<\/li>\n<li>Declaratory proceedings<\/li>\n<li>Dilapidations<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement of covenants<\/li>\n<li>Forfeiture proceedings<\/li>\n<li>Landlord and Tenant<\/li>\n<li>Lease renewals<\/li>\n<li>Party wall disputes<\/li>\n<li>Possession proceedings<\/li>\n<li>Rent arrears\/recovery<\/li>\n<li>Right of light disputes<\/li>\n<li>Service charge disputes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Related pages<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/our-expertise\/for-business\/property-litigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Property litigation for businesses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our individual property litigation team stands out from its competitors due to its depth of knowledge and experience. Even some of the junior members of our team have close to ten years\u2019 experience and our partners considerably more. 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