Leasehold Enforcement

 
DMH Stallard is one of the only law firms that is able to provide a dedicated Leasehold Enforcement service.

To underline our commitment in the sector DMH Stallard has been proud to sponsor the Association or Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) Conference for the last five years. We are the only law firm to support this industry event and we look forward to meeting many of you again in 2009 at the 14th ARMA Annual Conference due to take place in London on 15 October.

Our highly skilled team specialise in all matters relating to volume leasehold recovery work and advise private and public portfolio landlord clients including the London Borough of Croydon and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea TMO, as well as Dorrington Limited and Illchester Estates. The Team also act for a large number of smaller portfolio landlords and individual RTM or leaseholder owned management companies.

Our process and team are all geared to delivering an efficient and cost effective service. In the vast majority of cases we are able to recover full costs and so the work is largely self-funding for our clients. Leasehold Enforcement is very heavily regulated, and if the right procedures are not followed then the debt will not be recoverable. We make it our business to ensure that this risk is managed and our client’s make maximum recovery in all cases.

Our dedicated team who deal solely with leasehold enforcement provide specialist advice including: 

• Time driven cost effective rent and service charge recovery 
• General advice on breach of covenant issues including: service rents and other administration charges; obtaining remedy of breaches including disrepair; unauthorised alteration and letting; nuisance; and other non monetary breaches.
• Right to Manage applications and queries 
• Advising on the creation and termination of residential tenancies and licences including the issue and conduct of possession proceedings.
• The eviction of squatters from both residential and commercial property.
• Advice on routine and complex technical issues associated with enforcing lease covenants, and the general landlord and tenant relationship

Service Delivery

In order for the Team to work to such a high standard, both technically and in terms of service delivery and cost effectiveness, we manage all cases our sophisticated IT case manager system. This is a date driven system and ensures that all work is processed promptly and accurately. Other client benefits include:

• Fixed fee arrangements
• Transparency on costs through our use of bespoke budget templates
• Tailored instruction sheets and online instructing facility to ensure maximum efficiency, consistency of information and to reduce risk
• In-house training and practical tailored seminars and workshops for your in-house teams
• Email briefings on topical issues