Payne Hicks Beach
10 New Square
Lincoln's Inn
London WC2A 3QG
Tel: 020 7465 4361
atugwell@paynehicksbeach.co.uk

Accredited by ADR Group 1999

Accredited by CEDR 2004

As a dually qualified chartered surveyor and solicitor, I always try to find a balance between interpreting the law and achieving commercial solutions.  My background as a commercial surveyor often proves useful for understanding the nature of property disputes and the commercial aspects needed to resolve them.

As the partner in charge of Property Dispute Resolution at Payne Hicks Beach I specialise in lease renewal, rent review, service charge, dilapidations, break notices, property management and landlord and tenant disputes.  I also deal with commission disputes, valuation negligence, terms of engagement, compulsory purchase, statutory valuation disputes and possession/occupational disputes and other types of property and commercial disputes.

My experience includes high profile valuation negligence (Lewisham Investment Partnership Limited v Morgan [1997] PLSCS292), conflicts of interest/rent review/arbitration (Save & Prosper v Homebase Limited [2000], break clauses and dilapidations (Riverside Investments v Blackhawk Automotive [2005] 01EG94CS), interference with rights of way, recovery of costs and improvements (Crane Road Properties LLP v Hundalani [2006] EWHC2006 Ch[2006] PLSCS191) and service charges/LVT and Lands Tribunal matters (Barrington v Sloane Properties [2007] 40EG268).

I am also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.