Commercial Property Dispute Solicitors

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Helping Businesses Resolve Complex Legal Issues in Kent and the South East

Property disputes can be disruptive, expensive and time-sensitive—whether you’re a landlord, tenant, developer, or investor. At Whitehead Monckton, our dedicated team of commercial property dispute solicitors helps businesses resolve complex legal issues swiftly and effectively.

We work across Kent and London, representing:

  • Landowners and occupiers
  • Commercial landlords and tenants
  • Property developers and investment companies
  • Estate managers, charities, and lenders

With extensive experience in litigation, we provide confident, strategic support—even in urgent cases requiring injunctions.

Court action may be the last resort—but when your commercial interests are threatened, hesitation isn’t an option. At Whitehead Monckton, we act decisively and fast, securing urgent injunctions that protect your property, your operations, and your bottom line.

Our seasoned litigation team operates across every specialist venue for property disputes, including:

  • The High Court
  • County Court
  • Property Chamber (First-tier & Upper Tribunal)
  • Lands Tribunal

Whether you’re facing an aggressive land grab, unlawful possession, or a planning issue that jeopardises your investment, our commercial property dispute lawyers know how to neutralise risk, assert control, and deliver positive outcomes.

Property Disputes

Our solicitors handle a wide range of disputes concerning land ownership, access, development rights and use. These include:

  • Restrictive covenant & overage disputes
  • Easement disagreements (rights of way, light, access)
  • Eviction of squatters or unauthorised occupiers
  • Option agreements and conditional land contracts
  • Adverse possession and trespass claims
  • Complex boundary disputes
  • Party wall disputes and neighbour conflicts
  • Compulsory purchase objections
  • Joint venture disagreements in property development

Beneficial ownership claims (non-title rights)

Landlord & Tenant Disputes

Lease issues can quickly escalate—especially when businesses change premises or encounter sudden financial pressure. Our landlord and tenant dispute solicitors help resolve:

  • Schedules of dilapidation and disrepair under tenancy law
  • Business tenancy renewals and lease terminations
  • Rent review negotiations and challenges
  • Enforcement of break notices
  • Disputes with insolvent tenants or commercial lenders
  • Rent arrears and service charge disputes
  • Lease renewals and contested break clauses
  • Lease extensions and collective enfranchisement
  • Assured, secure and agricultural tenancy conflicts

Our solicitors use litigation, mediation, expert determination and arbitration to deliver cost-effective outcomes without unnecessary disruption.

We also act for and against high street lenders in high-volume and high-value repossession matters.

Property & Planning Disputes

Our planning and property litigation experts support organisations in resolving issues involving development, land use, and regulatory decisions.

Our expertise includes:

  • Restrictive covenants
  • Disputes over easements
  • Eviction of squatters and travellers
  • Land contracts, disputes about conditional contracts, option agreements and overage disputes
  • Adverse possession and trespass
  • Boundary disputes
  • Rights of way, rights to light and party walls
  • Compulsory purchase
  • Development agreement and joint venture disputes
  • Determination of beneficial interests in land
  • Applications to register land as town or village greens
  • Judicial review of planning decisions
  • Environmental law disputes

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