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Catherine Dear

Associate Solicitor Catherine regularly acts and has considerable experience of dealing with complex property disputes for commercial and individual clients across a range of sectors including development, retail, housing and corporate occupiers. Catherine is regularly instructed and advises on all real estate dispute matters including freehold and leasehold disputes, landlord and tenant disputes (residential and commercial), complex and conditional break clauses, dilapidations, breach of restrictive covenants and recovery of rent and service charge. In addition to this Catherine is growing and developing her specialisms in business rates and rights of light and is regularly writing articles for the property publications on business rates and has been quoted within the press. Catherine has also provided training to RICS on rights of light and service charge disputes. · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandReal Estate, Litigation

About

Associate Solicitor in Irwin Mitchell's Real Estate Disputes team, with experience handling complex property disputes for commercial and individual clients across sectors including development, retail, housing and corporate occupiers. Advises on a wide range of real estate dispute matters (freehold and leasehold disputes, landlord and tenant (residential and commercial), break clauses, dilapidations, restrictive covenants, recovery of rent and service charge), is developing specialisms in business rates and rights of light, has been quoted in the press, and has provided training to RICS.

Practice areas

Real EstateLitigation

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Expertise

DevelopmentRetailHousingCorporate occupiersFreehold and leasehold disputesLandlord and tenant (residential and commercial)Break clauses (complex and conditional)DilapidationsRestrictive covenantsRecovery of rent and service chargeBusiness ratesRights of lightService charge disputes