Property Enfranchisement and Disputes

John is a Partner in the Property Disputes team and heads up the specialist Leasehold Enfranchisement team at Seddons. His clients include residential and commercial landlords, tenants and managing agents.

John is a leading practitioner in the field of collective enfranchisement, lease extensions and right to manage claims, having been involved in numerous highly contentious cases.

His work also includes possession/forfeiture proceedings, service charge/rent disputes, dilapidations claims, contentious business lease renewals and breach of covenant actions.

John is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners. He writes regularly for the “UK Landlord” magazine and other publications on a variety of enfranchisement and landlord and tenant issues.

John was instrumental in pioneering the Leasehold Reform Amendment Act 2014 and continues to work with parliamentarians on issues within the leasehold sector.

Trained Yaffe Jackson Ostrin; Qualified 1992; Partner Seddons 2008. Publications of note: Regular contributor to industry-wide publications.

Advisory Committee, Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners.

St Aelred’s RC High School, Newton-Le-Willows; University of Warwick (1989 LLB 2:1 (Hons)); College of Law, Chester (1990 LSF).