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Jane Emberton

Jane is a Partner in the Property team, specialising in all forms of commercial and residential landlord and tenant property disputes, including insolvency. She acts for a wide variety of major institutional and landowning clients, property developers and charities as well as private individuals and smaller corporate entities. Jane has a broad range of expertise, encompassing breaches of covenant in commercial and residential leases, including unreasonably withholding consent, unauthorised alterations, disrepair, and contested dilapidations claims arising at the end of a tenancy. She advises on rent arrears and service charge disputes, including advice on the statutory control and management of residential service charges, and in particular, the implementation of major works programmes (and subsequent recovery), and where appropriate, forfeiture proceedings and the preparation and service of s.146 notices, and notices under s.17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act, to include the subsequent grant of overriding leases. Jane deals with the recovery of commercial and residential property and all proceedings under the Rent Acts and Housing Acts including claims against trespasser/licensees/service occupancies. She also advises on rights of ownership to land and adverse possession, party wall, minor construction and boundary disputes, nuisance claims and injunctions for trespass. · Weightmans LLP

EnglandReal Estate, Landlord & Tenant

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Partner in the Property team at Weightmans LLP who specialises in commercial and residential landlord and tenant property disputes, including matters arising in insolvency. Advises institutional and private clients on lease covenant breaches, dilapidations, rent arrears, service charge disputes, forfeiture and possession proceedings, adverse possession, party wall and boundary disputes, and related injunctions.

Practice areas

Real EstateLandlord & TenantLitigation

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Expertise

Commercial landlord and tenant disputesResidential landlord and tenant disputesInsolvency-related property disputesBreach of lease covenants (including withholding consent and unauthorised alterations)Contested dilapidations claimsRent arrears and service charge disputes, including statutory control and major works recoveryForfeiture proceedings and preparation/service of s.146 noticesNotices under s.17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act and grant of overriding leasesProceedings under the Rent Acts and Housing Acts (including claims against trespassers, licensees and service occupancies)Adverse possession and rights of ownership to landParty wall, minor construction and boundary disputesNuisance claims and injunctions for trespassRecovery of commercial and residential property