ENG
DAC Beachcroft home page
Your search
View all results
Popular Search Terms

Property Litigation

Our property litigation lawyers advise clients across the real estate sector, helping you manage risk, resolve disputes, and protect the value of your assets. We combine deep technical expertise with commercial insight to support organisations facing complex, high‑value or time‑critical property litigation issues in the UK and internationally.

Overview

Our property litigation team acts for a wide range of clients, including investors, funds and REITS, institutional landlords, commercial and residential developers, corporate occupiers, health bodies, government organisations, and local authorities. Working within our wider real estate group, we offer a seamless service that draws on the breadth of our firm’s specialist expertise.

We advise on the full spectrum of property disputes. This includes strategic land issues, rent reviews, break rights, contract interpretation, dilapidations, development constraints and disputes arising from environmental or regulatory obligations (including Building Safety Act requirements). We also have significant experience in high‑profile debt recovery and insolvency matters, often where large portfolios or sensitive commercial relationships are involved.

Our dedicated telecommunications disputes team advises mobile network operators, infrastructure providers, and developers on issues arising under the Electronic Communications Code and related legislation. This specialist capability enables us to address highly technical disputes that require an integrated understanding of property rights and telecoms regulation.

We work closely with colleagues in our real estate portfolio management team to deliver efficient, scalable support for high‑volume or repeat instructions. This ensures a consistent approach across your portfolio and allows us to respond quickly to urgent or contentious situations.

Our clients rely on us for clear, practical advice. Many of the matters we handle are strategically important, commercially sensitive, or require rapid action. We focus on early risk management while ensuring you are well positioned to negotiate, litigate, or pursue alternative dispute resolution where appropriate.

Featured experience

Rent arrears

Obtaining the first reported High Court judgment on COVID-19 rent arrears in CRI v TFS Stores Limited (2021), widely regarded as a significant decision for landlords.

Incomplete development works

Securing an order for specific performance in relation to incomplete development works at a flagship building for our office occupier client.

Contentious property issues in retail

Handling all contentious property issues arising for Royal London across its retail portfolio, for Landsec across its Liverpool One, Bluewater, Trinity and Southside centres, and Westfield at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.

The Building Safety Act 2022

Advising a large pension fund with a substantial portfolio on the landlord and tenant issues arising from the implementation of the Building Safety Act, cladding issues and consequential health and safety measures, including advising on novel points of law and lease interpretation to ensure compliance with building safety obligations.

Contentious property issues for the NHS

Handling all contentious work for a number of NHS Trusts across their portfolios, to include advising as to enforcement of covenants, service charge disputes and vacant possession strategies.

FAQs

We advise on the full range of property litigation, including lease disputes, rent reviews, break notices, dilapidations, development issues, strategic land matters, debt recovery, and disputes involving the telecommunications code.
Early advice is often beneficial. Speaking to us at the first sign of a dispute helps you understand your options, manage risk, and take informed steps before the issue escalates or impacts ongoing commercial relationships. We are also regularly consulted to provide proactive advice during a transaction to head off any potential future disputes.
We advise a wide range of clients across the real estate sector, including landlords, tenants, investors, developers, funds, public sector bodies, and telecoms operators.
Yes. Working closely with our real estate portfolio management team, we provide efficient and scalable support for high‑volume, repeat, or portfolio‑wide instructions.
We focus on early assessment of risk and commercial objectives. We will explore negotiation, mediation, or other forms of dispute resolution where appropriate, while ensuring you are prepared to litigate when necessary.
  • ”

    The team provide pragmatic, swift and cost-effective legal advice. The team are highly experienced and competent.

    Chambers & Partners UK, 2026

  • ”

    DAC Beachcroft are good - knowledgeable and commercial. I trust them to handle more complex and sophisticated matters.

    Chambers & Partners UK, 2026

  • ”

    DAC Beachcroft have a very impressive and responsive service at all times.

    Chambers & Partners UK, 2026

Property Litigation key contacts

There are no matching people, please try a different filter.

Clare Hartley

Partner

Leeds

Clare Hartley

Partner

Leeds

+44 (0)113 251 4913

View profile

Guy Knight

Partner

London

Guy Knight

Partner

London

+44 (0)20 7894 6299

View profile

Rachael Reynolds

Partner

Manchester

Rachael Reynolds

Partner

Manchester

+44 (0)161 934 3103

View profile

Who we are

Why choose DAC Beachcroft?

We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.

More about us