We can advise and guide our clients through strategy, structuring, site assembly and negotiating the development agreements for Leases (often when a tenant takes on a Lease upon construction of the development; sale of a completed development; or funding agreements to provide finance for the development project).

Please contact our Commercial Property Solicitors for further information.

From disputes over boundaries to nuisance actions, Allsquare Law are here to advise and guide you through the legalities with expert professionalism, whilst keeping costs to a minimum.  A nuisance neighbour could be a Social Housing Tenant, a Rental Tenant, a Leaseholder or Freeholder.  We know the stress when it comes to confrontation with a home and therefore we are here to act for you.

If you are a Landlord litigating for trespass, it can be an extremely complex legal procedure.  Trespass can be either a civil offence or a criminal offence.  Other types of trespass involve squatting, boundary disputes, or members of the public using private land as a short cut, which may constitute a claim for nuisance (see above).

We’d like to understand more about your matter, so please contact us to discuss your matter further.

Let our Property Law team guide you with Management Agreement contracts you have either to set up or are in dispute over.  When setting up an agreement our aim is to help you set in place the best terms to ensure your assets are handled well and that your business plans have the correct legalities to protect for service charges and rent recovery.

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Our Property Law specialists can guide you with any queries you have regarding possession.  There are a few reasons why a Landlord would want possession of their property and Allsquare Law are proficient at helping you through every point of the law.  Possession can be tricky but instructing a Property Law specialist from the beginning, the outcome can be swifter and more efficient.  We handle many cases under the Housing Act 1988 and therefore can offer a cost-effective solution, together with a stress-free process.

When caught up in an unlawful eviction, this can cause extreme stress and the team at Allsquare Law have extensive knowledge and experience to guide you through this process.  Our Property Law team look after Tenants as well as Landlords, therefore having extensive knowledge of Housing issues.  Landlords will normally serve a Section 21 Notice to Quit or apply to the Court for a Possession Order if they require their tenants to leave.  This Notice should give you enough time to seek legal advice, and we would urge you to ask for legal help at your earliest convenience.

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Disputes are never easy at the best of times, but having a team of solicitors who help mediate or find alternative dispute resolutions for these matters, can be extremely effective.  We cover a wide range of disputes including but not limited to: TOLATA Claims, Ownership Disputes, Acquisition Disputes, Joint Venture Disputes, Neighbour Disputes, Vacant Possession advice for developments, Boundary Disputes.

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Any dispute can be stressful but our specialist Property Law team can ease that burden and ensure a quick resolution.  If you are a Commercial agent, your tenants have a duty, under the terms of the Lease, to keep the property in good repair.   Dilapidations refer to the breach of this Lease either during or on termination of the Lease. However, if you are a tenant and your Landlord has sent you a Schedule of Dilapidations, you should seek legal advice immediately as there are many legalities that the Landlord has to cover and we can guide you through the process to make sure you know your rights.

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Let the team at Allsquare Law carry out the process for your lease extension applications, including calculating the premium.  Reviewing a lease can save time, effort and a headache in the long-run, because with a lease drawn up by experts, it can vastly reduce disputed service charges. Our expertise offers:

• Lease extensions
• Lease variations
• Lease reviews
• Grant of lease and acquisitions
• Licence to alter
• Drafting commercial or residential leases

Please contact us for further information.

Let us help regarding understanding costs when buying a Freehold.  Buying a Freehold can be a complex legal procedure and under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 you are liable to pay the Freeholders reasonable legal and valuation costs. Agreeing costs that are reasonable for both sides are important and we can guide you through the process if the matter goes to the First-Tier Tribunal.  Our Property Law team have extensive knowledge of buying Freeholds and can help you through the legalities with efficiency and cost-effectively.

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Possession and rent recovery are often in relation to assured short-hold and protected Rent Act tenancies (including service of notices under Section 8 & Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988).  We have a specialist Lawyer within the Allsquare Law team, together with our Head of Debt Recovery, who work tirelessly to resolve issues such as these, with excellent results.

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Disputes are often stressful and time-consuming so the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team at Allsquare Law are on hand to resolve any property dispute issues you are involved in. Allsquare Law are specialists in Property Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution so to marry the two ensures we offer the best advice and gain the best solutions.

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When you have land or premises occupied by unlawful tenants, you need to know your rights, but you also need to know how to safely recover whilst feeling in control.  Allsquare Law have excellent partnerships with enforcers (both in residential and commercial matters), therefore we not only have the legal expertise but the correct resources to ensure that policing of a recovery procedure is safe and swift.

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Where there are issues surrounding covenants (including restrictive covenants prohibiting building work), contact our Property Law team to enquire how we can advise.

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If you are a Landlord or Landowner, you need to know your rights to ensure you follow the legal eviction process of trespassers (often called “squatters”), correctly.  The laws surrounding trespass can be complex and they depend on various factors – is it a criminal or civil matter is just one. Allsquare Law’s Property Litigation team can help you through every stage of the process to ensure a healthy and stress-free resolution.

Trespass is an emotive legal situation and our specialist Property Litigation lawyers can provide a safe pair of hands to guide you through the process.  We work closely with highly skilled communicators in the Enforcement Sector, who have teams in residential and commercial to partner us through the process.

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Leasehold Enfranchisement – buying the Freehold.  If you are a freehold owner served with a collective/leasehold enfranchisement action Allsquare Law can assist you disputing the claim.

If you are a part of a group of leaseholders we can act for you in making the claim and act for you in extending your leases once you have purchased the freehold.

Leases with 80 years or less remaining on them will come up against a barrier from many high street lenders as they will refuse to grant a mortgage on that property.  This is effect on the open market value of the property which is why having a Property Law specialist to guide you, is imperative.

The Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 gives residential leaseholders the statutory right to protect the value of their asset by either buying the freehold, or the leaseholder pays a premium to the landlord for the freehold interest.

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At the heart of Allsquare Law’s core is our specialism for rent arrears and service charge recovery.  We are able to offer bulk recovery with swift responses and collection owing to the leading technology we have in-house.  Our bulk debt recovery service is accurate, fast and with excellent collection results, working with us can ensure your cashflow is on target.

Please contact us now for further information.

As Property Law specialists we are able to offer expertise for tenancy surrender negotiations.

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Let the team at Allsquare Law advise you regarding compulsory purchases.  Our Property Law specialists work hand in hand with our Dispute Resolution teams to offer the best advice.  We have experience in CPO rules and can help with the legal complexities surrounding the compulsory purchase of land and buildings, advising you of compensation rights when objecting if you are a landowner having future business profit opportunities or potential development taken away owing to a CPO.

We also act for developers having received instructions for regeneration of land and buildings for sustained growth with the UK and can guide you through the complex legalities to enable you and your contractors to adhere to often strict timescales.

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The First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), is often the final destination when property management disputes cannot be resolved.  We work closely with Managing Agents guiding and advising them to proactively use the FTT as a way to prevent further disputes.  Our specialism for Property & Litigation law covers some of the following:-

• Service charge disputes
• Pre-assessment of reasonableness of service charges
• Lease extensions
• Assessing the cost to buy a freehold of your building
• Contested Right to Manage/Appoint a Manager actions (see Section below)

Please contact us for further information.

Allsquare Law offers leaseholders and managing agents alike, the Right to Manage (RTM).  The procedures for becoming an RTM can be very complex, therefore, having our team process this for you can ease the stress as there are often many chances for mistakes if correct processes are not followed through.

For dissatisfied leaseholders the Right to Manage process offers the ability to challenge historic issues in the management of a leasehold property.  The team at Allsquare Law have experience in situations from straightforward supported RTMs right through to complex defended cases, which is where our leading team of dispute resolution solicitors come into play.

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TOLATA Claims (“Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996”) give courts certain powers to resolve disputes about the ownership of land. These disputes often relate to Family Law whereby the land is in conjunction to the legal or beneficial ownership of the property.

There are two main types of application that can be made under a TOLATA Claim to resolve disputes, being i) the decision as to who is entitled to occupy, and ii) the decision of the nature and extent of the ownership of a property owned by two or more people.

If you are involved in a TOTALA claim, please contact us for further information.

Let our expert Property Lawyers, together with our specialist team of Dispute Resolution Lawyers, ensure any Party Wall actions are dealt with accurately and swiftly.

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Our expert solicitors within Litigation and Dispute Resolution work closely with our Property Lawyers to ensure the nuisance actions are covered from all angles.

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Allsquare Law are proud of its 100% ground rent recovery statistics.  Having worked in Property together with Law for over 20 years the collective team at Allsquare Law understand the legalities of ground rent from the angle of the Leaseholder, the Managing Agent and the Freeholder.  We have worked closely with Credit Control departments for many years and by instructing Allsquare Law you are receiving a “in-house” feel to recovery.

Allsquare Law became an Alternative Business Structure in 2013 and with that Licence we were lucky to gain investment for leading software to ensure swift and accurate bulk recovery processes, therefore from a single case to bulk volume, our team and technology used are here to ensure your cash-flow rises stays healthy.

To kick start this procedure with us is extremely easy, requiring Leaseholder details together with a statement of arrears and as we offer No Win No Fee, you really have nothing to lose!

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Excellent block management depends upon the cash-flow the Property Managing Agent has. When you are up against arrears in service charges, the management of the block can have a detrimental effect.  Allsquare Law started its life over 20 years ago as RS Cameron, a debt recovery business, specialising in collecting service charge arrears for property managing agents. The experience we therefore have is next to none; we understanding our clients and their customers. Our hope is for your business to keep away from the FTTs and Courts by recovering undefended charges within a 3 week timescale, but always within 2 months.  Our Debt Recovery specialists, together with our Property Litigation team are tenacious and professional, understanding that swift recovery of service charges (enabled by leading technology to deal with bulk), is beneficial not only for our client’s cash-flow, but for our clients’ customers relationship with their them.

Please contact us now for further information.

A Letter Before Action is a formal letter setting out the payment owed by your customer to your business.  This letter gives your customer a period  of time in which to pay.  By using us (as a third party AND a firm of solicitors) the letter usually prompts swift recovery, however if the debt is disputed and you issue legal proceedings a Letter Before Action must be sent or costs may be forfeited.  Letters Before Action (often call a “7 day letter”) are very effective and by coming for a firm of solicitors, the extra authority gives rise to a fast response and keeps a working relationship back to being “all square”.

Need help with a No Win No Fee solicitor’s 7 day letter? Contact us now.

Allsquare Law gained its Alternative Business Structure Licence in 2013, enabling us to acquire leading technology to allow our systems to work with bulk recovery; this in turn means that we can keep recovery fees to an absolute minimum.  If you are a Property Managing Agent with a large portfolio, an Insolvency Practitioner with mass ledgers or a firm of Solicitors with books full of unpaid invoices, please contact us for a free, non-obligatory.