Property Dispute Resolution experience

 

Neil's success and experience in this area include:

 

  • Acted for Cardiff Council in a contested 1954 act case relating to a sailing school's right over a reservoir.
  • Acted on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry in defending a multi million pound dilapidations claim arising out of one of their storage facilities.
  • Recently advised a tenant on the exercise of a break clause where the annual rent was £1.5 million
  • Advised the Millennium Stadium Plc on the applicability of the 1954 L&T Act to catering & franchise facilities in the Stadium.
  • Neil has successfully acted for Cardiff Council in a lease renewal of Llanishen Reservoir which was contested by the developer Western Power Distribution. He defended on behalf of Companies House in a substantial dilapidations claim relating to one of its storage facilities and won.

  • Neil has also represented North Wales Housing Association in a substantial boundary dispute which established an exception to the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.

  • He has also advised DHL in relation to exercising a break clause of a lease.

  • Recently successfully defended a claim against Barratt for the return of retention deposits.
  • Advised a football league club on the enforceability of some onerous restrictive covenants to the Ministry of Defence.

 

 

neil morgan colourNeil Morgan

Partner

Head of Property Dispute Resolution

Head of Social Housing

 

E neil.morgan@hughjames.com

T 029 2066 0589

 

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