Helena Bannister

Helena is an experienced and highly regarded property litigator.

She covers all property litigation disciplines and works for a wide range of clients from national retailers, large corporate portfolio clients, landed estates and developers, to small owner managed businesses and individuals.

Recent work includes:

• Acted for residential managing agents in high value/complex residential service charge disputes and other general legal advice.
• Acted in a £1.2mill business and property courts foreclosure of charge action relating to a building agreement dispute.
• Advising owner of development site on rights of light and related covenants. Assisting with insurance and tactical issues at pre-action stage.

Helena specialises in acting for landlords, tenants, property managers and freehold owners in all areas of property litigation, including:

• Lease renewals
• Service charge disputes (commercial and residential)
• Breach of contract claims
• Rights of way
• Rights of light
• Boundary disputes
• Injunctions
• Break notices
• Leasehold enfranchisement
• Insolvency issues
• Forfeiture and section 146 Notices
• Rent recovery
• Breach of covenant
• Property related professional negligence claims
• Advice, assistance and guidance for property professionals
• Disrepair (Leasehold Property Repairs Act, Jervis v Harris, Dilapidations)
• First Tier Property Tribunal applications (s27(a), Section 20, Rule 13 Costs)
• Mediation and ADR
• Possession / Trespass / Squatter claims (commercial/residential)
• Upper Tier Tribunal applications re appeals