Lisa Eastwood

Lisa acts for commercial property owners and tenants where property issues are interlinked with the day to day running of the business and deals with commercial lease renewals, debts, forfeiture, rent reviews and dilapidations. Lisa also has experience of advising publicans in contentious lease renewals with pub companies and commercial landlords.

Lisa also enjoys advising on issues such as adverse possession, removal of restrictive covenants and advising on rights of way as well as property disputes between co-owners and family members where there has been a shared investment in property portfolios and in assisting the contentious probate department where there are property disputes between family members.

Lisa has experience in mediation and alternative dispute resolution and conducts without prejudice and mediation meetings on behalf of clients. Lisa also advises clients in professional negligence against professional advisers in property related transactions where problems have arisen.

Notable Property Litigation cases

Professional Negligence against solicitors in commercial and residential property transactions, including a recent Land Registry fraud worth over £1 million and residential conveyance involving a flying freehold and toxic lease.

Dealing with work referred from Insolvency Practitioners to realise properties and assets within longstanding bankruptcy estates from which to pay creditors.

Dilapidations and Rent Reviews in Commercial Leases for Tenants and Landlords, which is becoming increasingly technical and not all surveyors will work in these areas.

Non-family TOLATA cases, including a long-standing matter where the estate for the deceased, who died in November 2014, had not been administered including dealing with a all- day mediation just before Christmas 2022 where the estate is worth in excess of £3million. The Partner from the opposing side attended the mediation with Counsel, Deputy Head of Tanfield Chambers, without prior notification. Lisa conducted the mediation without Counsel and the mediator congratulated her upon her preparation and conduct and impressed upon the clients what a great job I had done.

Advising clients on a family owned property portfolio worth over £1.5 million in the High Court and at mediation.

Dealing with the simultaneous cessation of a commercial lease and partnership for two retiring solicitors and the High Court claim brought against them by the successor practice of solicitors for breach of fiduciary duty and reputational damage.

Advising a commercial property client who had a commercial premises occupied by a Tenant who had become insolvent leaving toxic waste, poorly maintained premises and assisting in dealing with administrators and environment agency to clear the property to assist in the reletting of the premises.

Regularly conducting mediations for clients in TOLATA disputes without Counsel input.

Advising and represent clients in the full range of Landlord & Tenant issues for established clients of the firm and working with the Commercial Property team, including serving forfeiture notice, commercial lease renewal notices and advising on breach of lease covenants.

Advising and representing clients in the full range of private property disputes including adverse possession, removal of restrictive covenants, rectification of title issues, overage disputes, ransom strips and boundary disputes.