Blacks Solicitors LLP

Real Estate Litigation

Partner

Paul Sagar joined Blacks Solicitors in 2022 as a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Real Estate Litigation team, he was then promoted to Partner in 2024.

He has over 15 years of experience, acting in the full range of real estate litigation for landowners, occupiers, lenders, receivers and developers.

Paul has previously worked at leading firms in London and Leeds, most recently at a boutique property litigation practice. He also has specialist expertise and experience in the field of telecommunications, having represented both site providers and operators in the past.

Some of his recent experience includes successfully concluding a high-value dilapidations claim on favourable terms for a landlord client, involving high profile city-centre buildings, several expert witnesses, and complex arguments surrounding Section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927.

Paul also recently helped manage precedent-setting telecommunications disputes to trial in the Court of Appeal (reported cases include CTIL -v- The University of London and CTIL -v- Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited).

In other recent cases he has advised landlords and tenants on enforcement options, liability and other issues arising from law introduced in the post-Covid environment. These include rent recovery, possession and the effect of various forms of tenant insolvency on the landlord/tenant relationship.

Finally, Paul has been advising developers and applying for the modification/discharge of restrictive covenants preventing/restricting ongoing development of land.