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Residential property & land dispute resolution

Our expert property dispute solicitors can advise you on any dispute relating to residential property and land. We advise private individuals on issues relating to their home or investment properties, as well as companies, partnerships, farmers, charities, and local authorities, in addition to advising trustees, and residential landlords and tenants. Our approach to residential property dispute resolution is practical and pragmatic – we are committed to achieving a commercial and cost-effective outcome for you. However, where litigation is needed, we will pursue this vigorously on your behalf. Our expertise extends to court proceedings, injunctions, mediations, arbitrations, Land Registry adjudications, Upper Tribunal proceedings, and expert determinations.

You can find a full list of our residential property dispute resolution expertise below.

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Our residential property dispute resolution team adopts a practical and pragmatic approach to achieve a commercial and cost-effective resolution for you.  For support with resolving a residential property or land dispute, please contact a member of our expert team.

Talk to Lodders for expert legal advice on:

  • Boundary Disputes
  • Party Wall issues
  • Rights of Way
  • Adverse Possession
  • Ownership of and interests in property including claims under TOLATA
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Residential landlord and tenant including assured tenancies and long leases
  • Possession claims
  • Trespass
  • Easements
  • Nuisance
  • Rights of First Refusal

Our other Dispute Resolution services include:

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Meet our residential property & land dispute resolution specialists:

Victoria Khandker, Lodders Solicitors, Dispute Resolution, Stratford upon Avon

Vicky Khandker

Partner

Head of Lodders' Property Dispute Resolution team

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Ellie Crofts, Property Dispute Resolution team, Lodders Solicitors LLP, Stratford upon Avon

Ellie Crofts

Legal Director

Property dispute resolution

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Mary Rouse, Legal Director, Lodders Solicitors LLP

Mary Rouse

Legal Director

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Kristy Ainge, dispute resolution

Kristy Ainge

Senior Associate

Property Dispute Resolution

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Lauren Smith, Lodders Solicitors LLP, Warwickshire

Lauren Hutchinson

Associate

Dispute Resolution solicitor

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Katie Mann, Lodders Solicitors, Dispute Resolution, Stratford upon Avon

Katie Mann

Solicitor

Property Dispute Resolution

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Chris Bowen. dispute resolution solicitor, Lodders Solicitors LLP

Chris Bowen

Solicitor

Property litigation specialist

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Not sure that this is the service for you? Take a look at some of our frequently asked questions for more information.

A situation in which one or more parties have a concern or conflict relating to residential property or residential land, and require advice or assistance in resolving the issues.

This service can be sought by landlords and tenants who have concerns relating to ownership, privacy, boundary issues, etc.

Lodders’ specialist team has vast experience advising on beneficial interests/joint owners and TLATA (Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996), partnership disputes, auction issues, boundaries, adverse possession, and party walls.

We also have expertise in landlord and tenant issues, easements, and development.

Our team has expertise in a number of landlord and tenant areas, such as:

• Alterations and reinstatement
• All types of tenancies including the Rent Act, Assured, Assured Shorthold Tenancies and Agricultural Workers’ Tenancies.
• Assignment and sub-letting, including applications for consent
• Dilapidations
• Forfeiture
• Leave termination including eviction
• Mid-term breaches of covenant
• Non-payment of rent
• Possession and security of tenure
• Rent reviews
• Service charges
• Work/live tenancies

Our specialist teams have expertise in easement issues, and can advise you on:

• Rights of way
• Rights to light
• Rights of support
• Rights to overhang and oversail
• Acquiring rights by prescription

Lodders’ can advise on a number of development issues, such as:

• Overage claims
• Conditional contracts
• Planning issues
• Highway matters
• Boundaries
• Rights of way and other Easement issues
• Restrictive covenants

Our property dispute solicitors are specialists across the board; they look to understand your objectives and, where appropriate, plan a strategy to achieve them. Our team also provides advice so that you can seek to avoid any issue or dispute in the future.

We adopt a practical and pragmatic approach and aim to achieve a commercial and cost-effective resolution for you. However, where litigation is needed, we will pursue this vigorously on your behalf.

Our expertise extends to court proceedings, injunctions, mediations, arbitrations, Land Registry adjudications, Upper Tribunal Lands Chambers (formerly Lands Tribunal) proceedings and expert determinations, including PACT. We often work with Legal Expenses Insurers and can assist you in your application for cover.

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