Specialist Knowledge and Experience

Property Disputes

Property disputes can be complex and highly technical. When dealing with such disputes, mediators who already understand the legal aspects are able to grasp the issues in dispute faster, saving valuable time on the mediation day.

Our mediators have each amassed well over a decade of property law experience and are therefore fully equipped to tackle a wide variety of property disputes. Below is a list of issues we commonly see resolved through mediation but please reach out if you have a dispute that is not listed, since it is very likely we can still help.

Commercial landlord and tenant

rent arrears and other breaches of lease
forfeiture
debt recovery
dilapidations
break options
rent reviews
lease renewals
rent deposits
service charges
consent to dealings (i.e. change of use, alterations, assignment and sub-letting)

Residential landlord and tenant

breach of lease
possession claims
housing disrepair
rights of first refusal
enfranchisement
consents to dealings (i.e. alterations, assignment and sub-letting)

Residential property management

service charge disputes
estate management
consultation/dispensation issues
18-month rule
right to manage
named/embedded manager issues

Other property-related issues

building safety (including Remediation Orders and Remediation Contribution Orders),
rights of way / easements (including rights of light)
telecommunications
trespassers
nuisance
rights to light
mortgage-related issues, planning issues, adverse possession, boundary disputes, party wall issues and other neighbour disputes

Facilitating property transactions and projects

We can help to facilitate complex property transactions and projects (e.g. construction, stalled developments), breaking deadlocks and keeping things moving even when direct communication has become difficult

Wider Civil and Commercial Disputes

Our mediators are highly experienced lawyers, who are equally comfortable mediating on wider civil and commercial claims. We are able to offer mediators with extensive litigation experience, if required

Get in Touch

If you have any questions, and/or wish to book one of our services, please reach out on 0330 133 5199, by email to info@vestiamediation.com or by completing the form on our Contact page