Bond Pearce

With over 86 years property litigation experience within the our real estate dispute resolution team, we have significant experience which enables us to deliver high quality advice both quickly and at the right price.

The team is part of more than 100 lawyers in our real estate practice, with sixteen of our specialists named as 'leaders in their field'.  We work for a diverse national client base including Crown Estate, Associated British Ports, Royal Mail Group and Gala Coral Group. 

Our team offers a range and depth of advice on all contentious issues relating to the acquisition, ownership, management and disposal of commercial property such as;

  • Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 business lease renewal and termination;
    " advice on dilapidations, both interim and terminal
  • rent reviews
  • forfeiture and S146 notices
  • nuisance
  • tenant default including rent arrears and service charge disputes
  • Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - contentious issues
  • covenant disputes - both enforcement and modification/discharge
  • licences and consents (alterations, alienation and user
  • possession actions
  • title disputes
  • contractual disputes
  • contentious rating appeals
  • squatters.

In addition to advising on a broad range of management related work for both landlord and tenant clients, the team continues to advise on high value/high profile matters.


Our Work

  • abitration - arbitration of a dispute concerning construction of a lease and claims to rectification together with substantial damages claim 
  • title issues - advice on the disposal of a high value development site involving complex access issues 
  • judicial reviews - advising on a number of planning related judicial reviews 
  • Rating Appeals - rating appeals in the Lands Tribunal 
  • dilapidations - a number of high value dilapidations claims 
  • injunctions - obtaining an emergency injunction preventing commencement of unlawful works to a building of national importance 
  • complex break clauses - advising a number of landlord and tenant clients on the exercise of complex high value break clauses one concerning an overall potential liability of £6,000,000 
  • loss of profits claims - advising a national retailer in relation to the closure of a large shopping centre following reports of structural problems 
  • Disability Discrimination Act - advising on both implementing disability discrimination policies as well as on actual disputes involving proposed works under the Act 
  • rent reviews - advising on rent review disputes including advising a sizeable joint venture client in a dispute over the construction of rent provisions in multi-sited energy project 
  • service charge disputes - advising a number of clients on substantial service charge disputes including historic claims dating back a number of years
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Bond Pearce LLP is a leading commercial law firm providing regulatory, corporate, commercial, real estate and dispute resolution services to some of the UK’s pre-eminent organisations. We are recognised nationally particularly for our work in the energy, commercial insurance, real estate and retail sectors, and for our approach to client service. © Copyright 2011 Bond Pearce LLP. All rights reserved. 3, Temple Quay, Temple Back East Bristol, BS1 6DZ