CASE study

Chi's work includes:

Acted for the landlord of a shipyard in advising on a defaulting tenant, and the practicalities of securing the site, with strategic advice as to complex dilapidations and dredging obligations resulting in a settlement that ensured payment and avoided an empty site
Acted for hospitality tenant in a tripartite nuisance claim made by an adjoining tenant
Acted for a developer in a breach of Development Agreement claim, successfully settled at mediation
Acted for the landlord of a hotel in an opposed LTA 1954 claim. Matter settled at mediation with vacant possession secured at a future date.
Acted for a developer in a claim under an option agreement in a dispute over enforceability and a non-competition clause
Acted for clients in a contested first registration of a right of way
Acted for a client in securing an easement over a ransom strip
Successfully defended a residential forfeiture claim at Tribunal and secured a costs award
Acted for clients in a claim for a vesting order where the property became bona vacantia
Acted for a mortgage lender in remedying an incorrectly registered charge and obtaining a court order
Acted for a residential client who was in breach of the lease but successfully secured a deed of variation and retrospective licence for alterations
Acted for the leaseholders in the case of Mundy v The Trustees of the Sloane Stanley Estate [2018] EWCA Civ 35– a landmark Court of Appeal decision regarding the valuation of lease extensions under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.