Experience

Please find below examples of our experience in this practice area:

  • First Secretary of State –V– Greatstates Limited – business tenancy renewal proceedings where length of term, option to break and level of rent were all contested.  The Court imposed a 10-year term without a break on the tenant

  • Land Securities – acting on the redevelopment of One New Change, London, EC2, which consists of 560,000 sq. ft. of offices and retail designed by the leading French architect, Jean Nouvel, close to St. Pauls Cathedral

  • Land Securities – acting on the redevelopment of New Street Square (EC4), comprising over 730,000 sq. ft. including on two sets of rights of light proceedings (Midtown)

  • Land Securities – acting on the joint venture with CSC for the 1m sq. ft. major city redevelopment of St. Davids II Cardiff City Centre

  • Land Securities – acting on the joint venture with Hammerson for the £500m Bristol Broadmead redevelopment

  • Quintain – acting on the redevelopment of their 17 acre development surrounding the Wembley Stadium

  • Great Portland Estates – acting on the redevelopments at Knighton House (W1), Mortimer Street and Great Titchfield Street (W1)

  • Capital & Counties – acting on the redevelopments at Mark Lane, Leeds (Allders department store), Metropolitan Wharf London, Hagley Road Birmingham and Strand Estate

  • Capital & Counties – acting on the £9m dilapidations claim against IPC Limited relating to Kings Reach, Stamford Street

  • The Mall – acting on their £10m dilapidations claim against Middlesbrough Council in respect of the Council car park

  • The Mall – acting in rights of light proceedings for the Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough

  • Hammerson – rights of light proceedings against the old Stock Exchange building in which the Corporation of London to use S.237 powers to override easements to facilitate the redevelopment

  • Sainsbury’s Supermarkets –V– BLSSP (PHC22) Ltd (British Land) – dismissing tenant’s challenge to arbitrator’s award on the grounds of serious irregularity by showing no reasonable cause of action

  • Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - acting on the redevelopment of Urmston town centre

  • Capital Shopping Centres - acting on the construction of the new Red Mall at the MetroCentre in Gateshead

  • UK Coal - acting on a dispute concerning an exchange agreement concerning valuable development land near Barnsley