Mark Steggles

Senior Associate

Specialisms and expertise

  • Real estate disputes to include advising on easements, restrictive covenants, rights of common, boundary disputes and adverse possession claims.
  • Advising on commercial landlord and tenant disputes to include lease renewals under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, dilapidations claims, claims for the recovery of rent, remedies for breach of covenant, and taking pre-emptive action to prevent anticipated breaches of covenant.
  • Property insolvency litigation to include advising both institutional landlords and commercial tenants on rights and restrictions in the event of insolvency and assisting LPA Receivers, appointed by financial institutions to manage properties in the event of borrower default.
  • Professional negligence claims arising from property related matters and other property contract disputes to include claims for misrepresentation and non-completion.

Past and present projects

Mark regularly advises clients with substantial property portfolios in connection with the management of those properties including contentious lease renewals under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 and breach of covenant claims.

With an emphasis on commercial matters, Mark advises landlords and tenants on property insolvency matters and advises LPA Receivers on legal matters arising from their appointment.

Current projects include advising a local authority on the implementation of a dilapidations program for a key industrial estate and advising a substantial flour milling company in connection with the release of rights of common over land owned by it. Mark is also currently advising the liquidators of a financial institution in connection with the management of a prestigious residential development.

Mark promotes the benefits of mediation and other commercial means of resolving disputes to avoid the time and expense of court proceedings. Mark has represented commercial landlords at mediations.

Achievements and other appointments

Mark is acknowledged in a leading independent guide to UK law firms, Chambers UK, as a leader in his field.  In the 2011 edition he is praised for being "extremely professional, approachable, quick to respond and a strong negotiator".

He is a member of the Property Litigation Association.

Profile

Mark joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2003. He became a Senior Associate in 2010.