Joanna is a Partner in the firm's Property Litigation group, within the Real Estate department. She has over 20 years' experience specialising in property disputes and risk analysis, advisory and avoidance work.She advises owners, occupiers, developers and funders of commercial and residential real estate, dealing with all contentious aspects of real estate including development disputes, landlord and tenant disputes (including rent and service charge recovery, lease renewals, consents, forfeiture and possession claims), title, right of way and right to light disputes, real estate related professional negligence claims, and insolvency and corporate recovery work. In 2020, Joanna was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as a Deputy Master of the Chancery Division. She will sit on a part-time basis at the Rolls Building, hearing cases in the Business and Property Courts.
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Mishcon de Reya LLP
Mishcon de Reya LLP regularly handles business-critical property litigation work across all levels of court, including in matters concerning injunctions, rent review and development. The 'cohesive' and 'highly commercial' team also features a strong rights of light practice, led by Chhavie Kapoor. Team leader and 'incredibly strategic' practitioner Daniel Levy is known for his experience with complex landlord and tenant matters such as dilapidation and development disputes. Joanna Lampert is experienced in complex disputes, whilst Emma Macintyre handles complex contractual and joint venture disputes concerning significant London developments. Mark Reading handles all aspects of residential and commercial property law.
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‘Creative approach with clear and sound advice - they are easy to work with and focused on the best outcome for the client at all times.’
‘Great on property litigation - cost-effective, results-orientated and innovative but also happy to assist formally or otherwise on other disputes or to recommend lawyers in other areas. A true business partner.’
‘Daniel Levy is the best property litigator I have come across in London’
‘An incredibly able, collaborative and rapid response team, hugely strategic in their approach, they always strive to provide the best service and outcome for every client. Particularly strong in high-stakes, complex issue and high-value litigation - they have a well-deserved reputation as being robust, fierce and highly effective opponents.’
‘Dan Levy run the cohesive team, is incredibly strategic, highly commercial and will always spot and pursue the best angle to the secure the most advantageous outcome.'
‘The real estate litigation team at Mishcons is the best out there. Whenever you need them, the machine goes into action and the service is always flawless.'
'The biggest difference between Mishcons and other firms is that they do not adopt a cookie cutter approach and understand what you want to achieve - they then put the appropriate strategy in place.’
‘Dan Levy and Emma Mcintyre are partners at the very top of their game and the profession.’
Key clients
- Brookfield
- Shaftesbury Capital plc
- Blackstone Property Management
- IWG plc
- Delancey
- AEW UK Core Property Fund and AEW UK Reit Plc
- TKMaxx
- Meadow Partners
- Smiggle
- Hush Brasseries Limited
- Equites Property Fund
- The Gilbert Estate
Work highlights
- Advised AEW UK Core Property Fund and AEW UK Reit Plc on a variety of landlord and tenant matters, including the market-leading property litigation case of 2022 in the Court of Appeal against Cine-UK.
- Advised Hush Restaurants in a claim against its landlords seeking relief from the forfeiture of an option for a new lease of 8 Lancashire Court, London.
- Advised Meadow Partners on litigation matters at Tolworth Tower in Kingston, including disputes with the local council and a flagship M&S store.
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Daniel is a Partner and Head of the Property Litigation team. One of the largest and most well-regarded practices in London, the team advises leading UK property companies, developers, corporate occupiers, investment funds and high net worth individuals. Daniel's specialism is in complex property related disputes, including development disputes, injunctions, judicial reviews, dilapidations, rights to light and neighbourly matters, service charge disputes, trespasses, consents, rent reviews, lease renewals, high value residential disputes and joint venture disputes. Daniel and his team regularly participate in court and trial work – including in the Appeal Courts. Daniel and the lawyers he works with are highly skilled litigators and experienced negotiators, mediators and arbitrators. Their cases, given their size and complexity, often attract significant media interest and require a commercial and strategic approach. Consistently ranked at the top of the legal directories, Daniel is included in Chambers 100, the first ever ranking of the UK's top 100 business lawyers.
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Chhavie is a Partner in the Real Estate department specialising in real estate disputes. She has particular experience in advising developers on avoiding disputes and, where issues do occur, how to mitigate against them in order keep the development on track. This includes advising clients on minimising the potential of rights of light related claims. Chhavie has also successfully acted in connection with planning judicial reviews and has defended clients from applications to register development land as town and village greens. She also has extensive experience of acting for developers on rights of light strategies including the use of insurance policies and section 203 Housing and Planning Act 2016 to mitigate risks. She advises both landlords and tenants on all aspects of their relationship, including business lease renewals (both unopposed and opposed), dilapidations, tenant insolvency, recovery of arrears, service charge disputes, consents, rent review and issues relating to quiet enjoyment.
Emma is a Partner in the Real Estate department, specialising in property disputes. She has dealt with wide range of property matters concerning all types of property interests and acting for significant property owning companies, large corporate occupiers, retailers and high net worth individuals. Much of Emma's work involves advising on complex legal issues where litigation is often involved or contemplated. She is particularly experienced in dilapidations claims and contract/joint venture disputes having acted on a number that have involved proceedings and trials. She has also worked on contentious business lease renewals (both unopposed and opposed), property management issues (such as recovery of arrears, service charge disputes, consents and rent reviews), quiet enjoyment, contract disputes, trespass claims, covenant disputes, easements (including rights to light and rights of way) and adverse possession.
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Mark is a Partner in the firm's Real Estate Dispute Resolution group, practising in all areas of commercial and residential property law. He has extensive court experience both at trial, on appeal and in relation to applications for injunctive relief. He has, in recent years, acted at trial for the defendant tenant in the case of London Kendal Street No 3 Ltd v Daejan Investments Ltd which were opposed lease renewal proceedings where the landlord was opposing on redevelopment grounds. This case is thought to have involved the first application of the 'conditional intention' test formulated by the Supreme Court in the case of S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited. The claimant tenant was granted permission to appeal by the High Court but the matter settled before the appeal was heard. Mark also acted for the successful claimants in the following actions: a six day possession trial in the Central London County Court, which dealt with both proprietary estoppel and constructive trust defences, as well the cross-examination of ten witnesses of fact; Vivienne Westwood Limited v Conduit Street Developments Limited which considered the law of penalties in a landlord and tenant context; and Minerva (Wandsworth) Limited v Greenland Ram (London) Limited which concerned a high-value overage dispute relating to a key development site in Wandsworth. London Kendal Street was included in Estates Gazette's top ten cases of 2019 and both Vivienne Westwood and Minerva featured in the 2017 list. Mark has also had previous successes at trial in the fields of both rights of light and estate agency commissions. In addition to representing clients in live proceedings, Mark also provides strategic advice on a range of property management related matters, including: business lease renewals (both opposed and unopposed and from a landlord and tenant perspective), dilapidations (whether interim or terminal), forfeiture (including relief applications), arrears recovery, applications for consent to assign/underlet and property related insolvency issues (from both from a corporate/individual and creditor/debtor perspective). He has particular expertise in advising serviced office/workspace sector clients on these issues. He also provides strategic advice to developer clients in relation to the effect of real property issues and third party rights upon their future development plans. Mark is also at home in a residential law context and regularly advises individuals on issues arising from statutory lease extensions and tenant's rights of first refusal, as well as real property and private nuisance disputes between neighbouring landowners. In March 2021 Mark spoke at the joint Property Litigation Association and Property Bar Association panel event 'Looking back to look forward' and in June 2021 Mark took part in a podcast with Estates Gazette on the issue of diversity in the property industry.
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Daniel Levy