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DAC Beachcroft LLP

Real Estate Litigation

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DAC Beachcroft LLP

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Our Litigation team is an integrated part of our wider Real Estate practice, which provides a multi-disciplinary service to UK and overseas organisations whose property assets are at the heart of their business. With over 135 lawyers we have one of the UK's largest dedicated Real Estate practices. We are ranked in "The Lawyer's" top ten real estate lawyers.

Our litigators work in three main areas: residential, retail centres and large commercial occupiers, for regional and national clients; including developers, institutions and funds. We address all forms of dispute resolution including court proceedings, mediation, arbitration and expert determination.

The nature of our work concerns:

  • Asset management disputes
  • Lease renewals and enforcements
  • Interpretations
  • Forfeiture action
  • Dilapidations
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Rights of Light
  • Service charge Disputes
  • Insolvency
  • Vacant possession

Clients (6)

  • Axa
  • Crest Nicholson
  • NHS Trusts
  • Persimmon
  • Taylor Wimpey
  • Westfield

Chambers Review

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Real Estate Litigation - London (Firms)

Band 5

What the Team is Known For
DAC Beachcroft offers a broad array of property litigation services, often to clients in the construction and residential development sectors. The team is notable for its strength in dilapidations as well as restrictive covenant disputes and right to light cases. It also represents property portfolio companies and private clients in all aspects of landlord and tenant law.
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Work Highlights

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  • DAC Beachcroft advised Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in relation to a lease renewal of a key site under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Strengths

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  • They have a down-to-earth nature and provide options in layman's terms. They are always contactable and reply swiftly to questions and issues.

    Real Estate Litigation respondentUK

  • DAC Beachcroft has a pragmatic, approachable and professional real estate litigation department.

    Real Estate Litigation respondentUK

  • They give great advice, there are never any grey areas, and the information is clear and easy for us to understand.

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  • The team has the ability to pay attention to a myriad of complex issues and pinpoint those that matter.

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  • Their focus is always on delivering the most actual value to the client. I have never known them to pursue a bad point out of stubbornness nor to recommend pointless litigation.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Guy Knight
    Guy Knight

    Guy Knight

    Guy Knight leads the London property litigation team at DAC Beachcroft. He brings years of experience acting on behalf of housebuilders and residential developers and maintains an excellent reputation in this space.

    • Guy has an incisive mind and significant intellect but remains down to earth and practical.

      Real Estate Litigation respondentUK

    • Guy has been accessible and knowledgeable at all times throughout the dispute, with the rare ability to lead a specialist team every step of the way.

      Real Estate Litigation respondentUK

    • He is a really bright guy and one of those lawyers who can analyse things in a very detailed way.

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