Landlord and tenant disputes
For most landlords the top two priorities are:
- protecting your investment
- protecting your rental income
We aim to prevent problems, but when they do arise, our focus is on minimising your costs and your loss of income.
Our landlord and tenant team supports all landlords: from corporate household names to buy-to-let investors, and those with a single rental property.
Our expertise
We regularly help and advise landlords. Every day we successfully represent a wide range of clients in all sorts of landlord and tenant disputes, including:
- possession claims
- deposit disputes
- dilapidations
- squatter evictions
- service charge recovery/disputes
- breach of covenant matters
- other leasehold disputes
Landlord Services Helpline
Successful property management depends upon dealing with problems and issues swiftly and effectively. When faced with such situations, you need timely and accurate legal advice that you can rely upon.
Our advice helpline provides you with assistance on all the usual tenancy related issues plus specialist expertise on all these other areas:-
| Landlord & Tenant | Property Litigation |
| Possession Claims | Boundary Disputes & adverse possession |
| Dilapidations | Contractual Disputes |
| Squatter Evictions | Party Wall issues |
| Tenancy Documentation | Property Management issues |
| Breach of Covenants | Restrictive covenants |
| Leasehold disputes | Right of way and easement disputes |
You can speak to one of our expert advisors anytime between 9.00 am and 5.30 pm Monday to Friday
For a modest fixed fee, you can secure access to the experience and expertise of a top 30 national law firm for a 12 month period.
For more information on our Landlord and Tenant helpline see our flyer.
Landlord and tenant disputes: How we can help you
In addition to our helpline we can help with the following on a fixed fee basis:-
- Possession proceedings - we guide you through the court process from start to finish, whatever the circumstances, ensuring the landlord's case is pursued robustly and with your interests protected
- Service charge, rent and dilapidation actions and enforcement - we employ an effective commercial approach to recover service changes, rent or damages from a defaulting tenant or guarantor. We can also provide guidance on the most appropriate method of enforcement to give you the greatest chance of recovering your monies
- Landlord defence - more and more tenants are making claims against their landlord. We can assist with your defence in these difficult situations.
Should you require further information regarding our legal advice line or drafting and reviewing your documentation see our section on Landlord and tenant services.
Why use Access Legal from Shoosmiths?
Use our advice helpline and you'll get certainty, accessibility and a highly professional service, from a top 30 national law firm.
We pride ourselves in providing straightforward, jargon-free advice you can rely on bespoke systems and processes ensuring time spent in litigation is minimised, so keeping your costs down.
Our reputation
"The landlord and tenant department at Access Legal offers unparalleled landlord and tenant litigation expertise. Not only are the team highly knowledgeable, they are personable and acknowledge the commercial considerations a given situation may give rise to. Ultimately, they offer a unique service, driven solely toward achieving the clients aims, all within a reasonable budget. Our relationship with the firm has gone from strength to strength and we hope it will continue to flourish; a firm we wholeheartedly recommend."
Guild of Lettings
- I bought a property. I now find that the people who sold it to me lied when selling it to me. Is there anything I can do?
- I have a noisy neighbour. Can you help?
- I have a dispute regarding a "right of way". Is that something that you can assist with?
- Do you deal with neighbour disputes and do you use mediation?
- Do you deal with boundary disputes?
