Charlotte Coleman

Winckworth Sherwood

Charlotte trained at Rosling King LLP and qualified in October 2008. She then worked at Osborne Clarke for four years, before joining the Property Litigation team at Winckworth Sherwood in October 2012. She regularly advises on contentious commercial landlord and tenant issues, including all aspects of estate and asset management, and has significant experience advising on vacant possession strategies, rights of light issues, party wall issues, restrictive covenants, easements, access rights and trespass.

Practice Area

Property Disputes

Panels

Consulting Editorial Board
Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2008

Membership

Law Society of England and Wales
Property Litigation Association

2 Contributions by Charlotte Coleman

PRACTICE NOTES

Business tenancy renewals: Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 court-determined lease terms (ss 32–35)—premises, term, rent, breaks, reviews, repairs, alienation, service charges and MEES (England and Wales)

This Practice Note addresses how the court settles the provisions of a renewal lease under sections 32–34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) where the parties fail to agree, covering the identity of the premises, the duration of the term, the rent due, and clauses including improvements, rent review and break rights, guarantors, repairing obligations, reinstatement and alterations, service charges, and rent deposits in dispute by either side. Court determination Where a landlord and tenant remain unable to agree the provisions of a renewal lease, either party may apply to the court to determine the terms pursuant to LTA 1954, s 24(1)...

Property Disputes

CHECKLISTS

Rights of light: lease and related document review checklist—express/implied grants, reservations, prescription, assignments and releases (England and Wales)

This Checklist This Checklist outlines which provisions in a lease and other relevant associated documentation should be carefully examined to ascertain whether a right of light subsists. A right of light is an easement granting a landowner the entitlement to receive natural light through an opening in a building on its land. The owner of the land encumbered by that right (the 'servient Building') must not impede or disturb it without first obtaining consent. For any proposed development, it is therefore essential to identify neighbouring properties that could be enjoying a right of light (the 'dominant Building'). For further information on rights of light, see the following Practice Notes: Establishing and maintaining rights of light Rights of light—obstruction notices Rights of light claims Rights of light—insurance for developers Section 2 of the Prescription Act 1832 (PA 1832) requires actual enjoyment of light, meaning that those with less than a freehold interest can acquire a right of light in their own name and for their own benefit—for further detail, see Practice Note: Establishing and maintaining rights of light...