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UK North West Real Estate Litigation

This section ranks lawyers across the UK advising on contentious property issues for both landowners and tenants, including ownership disputes, vacant possession strategies, commercial management conflicts, easement issues, party wall and landlord and tenant matters.

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Band 1
  1. Addleshaw Goddard LLP
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    Addleshaw Goddard LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 1 | 8 Years Ranked
    Addleshaw Goddard has a highly respected team with extensive experience in landlord and tenant disputes. The firm also earns praise for its strength in contentious issues concerning property development, such as possession claims and rights to light. Its clients include significant institutional investors along with property companies and developers.
  2. Eversheds Sutherland
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    Eversheds Sutherland
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 1 | 8 Years Ranked
    Eversheds Sutherland has an outstanding practice, handling property litigation for a range of clients including pension funds, banks and national retailers. The team is distinguished for its strength in dilapidations and rights to light cases, among others. It handles contentious work arising from management of major property portfolios as well as trespass claims. Eversheds is also notable for its extensive expertise in development-related matters and related professional negligence claims.
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Band 2
  1. DLA Piper UK LLP
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    DLA Piper UK LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    DLA Piper has a respected property team in Manchester with a broad regional presence. The firm handles a wide range of matters for both national and international clients, providing notable expertise in contentious cases that include high-value damages claims. It also has experience in possession issues, rent reviews and dilapidations claims. The team regularly advises clients with large property portfolios on disputes and is noted for its experience assisting pension funds with complex real estate issues.
  2. Hill Dickinson LLP
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    Hill Dickinson LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Hill Dickinson is a well-established firm in Liverpool advising on a broad range of matters, including rights to light and contentious lease matters. It represents clients from a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, energy and aviation. The team at Hill Dickinson is further noted for its expertise in compensation for loss in land value and high-value trespass claims.
  3. Shoosmiths LLP
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    Shoosmiths LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Shoosmiths is proficient in handling an array of landlord and tenant disputes and highlighted for its expertise in right to light matters. The firm is instructed by notable retail and developer clients in the North West and nationally. Shoosmiths is also recognised for providing restrictive covenant advice to developers.
  4. TLT LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 2
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Band 3
  1. DAC Beachcroft LLP
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    DAC Beachcroft LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    The property litigation team at DAC Beachcroft in Manchester focuses on lease disputes including rent losses, lease obligations and unlawful occupation matters. It further advises on disputes relating to insurance and service charges, as well as dilapidations claims. Its clients include local authorities as well as commercial tenants from a range of sectors.
  2. Land Law LLP
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    Land Law LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    Land Law is a dedicated real estate boutique, respected in the North West for its strength across an array of contentious matters. The firm advises a diverse base of national and regional clients on landlord and tenant disputes, injunction applications, vacant possession and dilapidation issues.
  3. Trowers & Hamlins LLP
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    Trowers & Hamlins LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked
    Trowers & Hamlins is well known for its specialism in social housing-related litigation. The team advises on a range of residential property issues, such as lease management and renewal, dilapidations and service charge disputes. It can also advise commercial property clients on contentious issues.
  4. Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall
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    Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall in Bury has a noteworthy real estate disputes practice that represents property owners and residents, as well as house builders, real estate investors and property management companies. The team is particularly adept at representing clients in contentious lease renewal proceedings in the retail sector. Its work also includes dilapidations claims, service charge disputes and insolvency-related matters.
  5. Pannone Corporate LLP
    Real Estate Litigation
    2023 | Band 3