A SPECIALIST TEAM EXPERIENCED IN PROPERTY DISPUTES
Disputes involving property can be complex, time‑consuming and often emotive, particularly where they involve your home or land you have owned for many years. Such disputes can be very difficult to successfully navigate without clear legal advice. Whether the issue concerns your home, an investment property, or business premises, it is important to understand your position and your options at an early stage.
Here at Greene & Greene, property litigation has always been one of our strengths, with the ability of our lawyers to draw upon support from the firm’s residential and commercial property lawyers. The firm handles a continuous flow of property disputes work for landlords, tenants, agricultural clients, landowners and homeowners. We provide practical, straightforward guidance, focused on achieving sensible outcomes while keeping matters proportionate and under control.
Who We Advise
We act for a broad range of clients, including:
- Homeowners and residential landlords
- Individuals involved in neighbour or boundary disputes
- Business owners and property investors
- Trustees and beneficiaries
- Clients dealing with disputes following property transactions
Some clients seek advice at an early stage, before matters escalate. Others come to us once a dispute is already established. In both cases, we aim to provide calm, practical guidance and a clear plan of action.
Our Approach
Property disputes require judgment as well as technical expertise. We recognise that property disputes are rarely just legal problems – they often affect day‑to‑day living, relationships with neighbours, and long‑term plans. Our advice is always tailored to your circumstances, taking account of cost, timescale, and the impact the dispute may have on you or your business.
We are open and realistic about prospects from the outset, and we keep clients informed as matters progress. Where possible, we seek to resolve disputes through negotiation or alternative dispute resolution, aiming to minimise cost, delay, and stress. However, where a more formal approach is required, we have the experience to represent your interests robustly and effectively.
Our expertise
We advise on most types of property‑related disputes, including:
- Trespass, adverse possession and boundary disputes
Advice on boundary issues and claims involving long‑term occupation, registration of land and disputes over legal title.
- Landlord and tenant disputes
We act for landlords of residential property advising on issues such as possession claims, rent arrears and damage to property.
- Ownership and co‑ownership disputes
Disputes between joint owners, family members, or former partners can be legally and emotionally challenging. We advise on beneficial ownership, trusts of land, and applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, explaining these issues in clear terms.
- Property-related professional negligence
If you have relied on advice from a property professional (such as a solicitor, surveyor, architect or estate agent) and suffered a loss as a result of a mistake made by that professional, we can advise and act for you in making a claim for your losses that flow from this mistake.
- Neighbour disputes and nuisance claims
We act in all manner of disputes between neighbouring landowners, advising on a wide variety of issues such as claims in nuisance and Party Wall Act disputes.
- Easement and covenant disputes
Easements are rights a property benefits from over neighbouring land. Covenants are promises affecting how land can be used. Examples of such rights are rights of way, rights to light and drainage rights. We can take action on your behalf to enforce such rights, as well as advising on interpretation, modification and discharge.
Property law can be complex, particularly where historic documents or long‑standing arrangements are involved. We take care to explain matters in plain terms, ensuring you understand both the legal position and the practical implications before decisions are made.
We are open and transparent about costs, timescales, and potential outcomes, allowing you to proceed with confidence and realistic expectations.
Speak to our property disputes team
If you are involved in a property dispute, or concerned that a disagreement may arise, early advice can help avoid unnecessary difficulty and expense. Even an initial discussion can help clarify your position and identify the most appropriate next steps.
Please contact a member of our property disputes team for more information.
