'Pound-for-pound the best property litigation team in South Wales', Berry Smith provides 'tactically astute and robust' advice to developers, landowners and financial institutions on disputes concerning rights over land and landlord and tenant matters. 'Outstanding' team head Simon Care has 'gravitas beyond his years', ensuring that he is a popular choice among private individuals and companies across a wide range of matters, including those seeking declaratory/injunctive relief relating to rights of way and boundary disputes. As part of his wide-ranging litigation prowess, Iwan Doull regularly handles property-related matters, including for the Welsh government, which he continues to defend on high-profile nuisance claims brought by the landlord and tenant of adjoining land relating to flooding. A 'quintessential safe pair of hands', senior associate Lauren Parsons has 'a very strong eye for detail' and often supports both Care and Doull on their mandates.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The top-notch team has excellent knowledge.'
- 'Berry Smith is, pound-for-pound, the best property litigation team in South Wales.'
Key clients
- Welsh Government
- Conway Mews Management Company
Work highlights
- Represented a management company in a complex right of way dispute, the outcome of which would have impacted on the value of the properties, as it involved parking spaces, which are at a premium in the local area.
- Defending two separate nuisance claims for the Welsh government brought by the landlord and tenant of adjoining land. The claims relate to flooding, which the claimants allege was caused by major development works on the land owned by the Welsh government.