England - South East • Real estate
Dean Wilson LLP
Acting for clients on lease renewals, dilapidation claims, and rent charge arrears, Dean Wilson LLP’s property litigation practice is praised by clients for inspiring 'great confidence'. Based out of Brighton, team head Claire Whiteman has over 20 years’ experience dealing with all aspects of property litigation, notably leasehold and freehold issues. Gabrielle Moffatt is ‘dedicated and excellent’, boasting expertise in landlord and tenant disputes, while Duncan Wilks focuses on contentious rent reviews and trusts of land matters. Solicitor Daniel Dickson handles licensing disputes and statutory lease extensions.
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Testimonials
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‘Gabrielle Moffat - worked with her a long time, dedicated and excellent in addressing the issues and working to resolve the dispute. Good communication and tailored service. Highly recommend.’
‘Good, honest communication. Prompt responses. Professionalism - despite my lack of knowledge, the team at Dean Wilson always made me feel welcome and broke subject matter down so I could understand.’
‘Claire Whiteman acted on our behalf and she was excellent. She was very empathetic to our problem and very patient with us as it was all a new area for us. With her advice, patience and doggedness we successfully concluded our issue and had all costs refunded. It felt like a very personal service.’
‘They provide clients with clear and detailed advice in an area of property that is quite specialised.’
- 'Claire Whiteman, Gabrielle Moffatt and the whole team at Dean Wilson are outstanding. Their advice and work is professional, relevant and exactly what is needed in difficult situations.’
‘Duncan Wilks is a pleasure to work with. He has a talent for quickly getting to the crux of the matter and his advice is always clear and easy to understand. His advice will always include his recommendation, which differs from some of his competitors who simply list all the options and pitfalls but are apt to sit on the fence as far as a recommendation is concerned.'
‘We are being advised by Gabrielle Moffatt. She has been supportive and extremely helpful in dealing with the complex and continuing problems we are facing, in a situation which involves dealing with some extremely aggressive and difficult people. We have received excellent advice and Gabrielle Moffatt’s thoroughness, helpfulness, professional and personable approach has been very supportive and beneficial during that time we have been seeking advice from her.’
‘Each practitioner that I work with has an in-depth knowledge of the material that we are working on. This gives us great confidence.'
Key clients
- Fairfax Properties Limited
- Shoreham Port Authority
- The Leaders Romans Group
- The Pirin Group
- LSK Properties Limited
- Perth Holdings Limited
- The Connells Group (including Sequence (UK); Fox & Sons; William H Brown)
- Co-Operative Group Estates Services
- Debenham Property Trust
- Legal Protection Group
Work highlights
- Acted for RTM Company in High Court injunction proceedings to stop development on a London block of flats due to interferences with the RTM management functions.
- Represented an overseas corporate landlord in a lease renewal and dilapidation claim against Lloyds Bank.
- Acted for a property trust in the forfeiture of two residential London flats.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Claire Whiteman