Pinsent Masons LLP‘s ’first-rate’ property dispute resolution team acts in residential landlord and tenant disputes and offers advice on dilapidations, covenant to repair cases and compulsory purchases. The firm, and in particular practice head Matthew Baker, is well known in the market for its expertise in the right to light space, where it acts for investors, developers and landowners. Supporting Baker in the team are Claire James, who is well versed in development constraints and the related disputes, James Lilley, whose recent work includes acting on a dilapidation claim before the High Court, and Nicola Charlton, who clients praise for her ‘legal knowledge and robust commercial approach’.
Testimonials
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‘The Pinsent Masons team provides an unparalleled cross-disciplinary group of experts providing a full and very diverse range of expertise across all of property litigation, with its very many different angles.’
‘Matthew Baker, a partner at Pinsent Masons, is an outstanding lawyer with an easygoing and easy to deal with manner which fronts a hugely knowledgeable, strategic and highly tactical mind in resolving disputes and extracting the very best outcome for his clients.'
Key clients
- Aviva PLC
- United Utilities Water Limited
Work highlights
- Advising United Utilities Water Limited on the long-running and high-profile litigation between Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited and United Utilities Water Limited (UU) in relation to UU’s discharges of water and treated effluent into the canal.
- Acting for a London & Scottish Property Investment Management Limited managed fund as landlord of a large industrial warehouse in a dilapidations claim.