Our landlord and tenant solicitors are award-winning industry experts in all aspects of leasehold legislation, and leasehold and freehold reform, including enfranchisement, lease extensions and Right to Manage, where we have a leading reputation. Our profile and reputation in landlord and tenant matters means we are a leading ‘go to’ firm and our high-quality specialist knowledge ensures our advice adds real commercial value.
As leasehold property specialists we have vast experience helping freeholders with a broad spread of legal matters including recovering ground rent arrears, managing leaseholder disputes, conducting lease reviews, drafting tenancy agreements and providing advice about lease covenants.
Freeholders come in all forms – from an institutional investor through to a group of leaseholders who have gone through the collective enfranchisement process. Our team advises individual and corporate landlords, as well as their managing agents, letting and estate agents, in respect of both commercial and residential leasehold properties. We deal with a variety of issues affecting leasehold properties and work closely with the dispute resolution and commercial property teams, to provide high quality advice on a range of matters.
Our team has over 50 years’ experience with this type of work, and we are founding and committee members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP), an organisation committed to promoting excellence and best practice in the industry. Mark Chick is a director of ALEP and sits on its committee.
The law relating to leaseholds generally is complex and an area that is sometimes prone to difficulty, as there is no such thing as a “standard” form of lease. Issues that often arise concerning residential leasehold property that we deal with regularly include:
Our friendly and professional team are experts in Landlord and Tenant matters. Call us today on 0207 631 4141 or email us on leasehold@bishopandsewell.co.uk and one of our experts will be able to advise your best course of action going forward.
