Our Repossession Solicitors Promise

Your property is exactly that, yours. If your business tenant is refusing to pay rent, is unable to pay or has breached the terms of their lease, repossession can be used to retake possession of the property. 

The most common reasons for repossession include: 

• Failure of payment by the tenant 
• Breaches of the terms and conditions in the lease agreement
• The landlord wishes to use the commercial property for his own business

If you’re a landlord wishing to take repossess a property, we can help. Just give us a call on 020 3007 5500 and a member of our friendly teams will help. 

Typically, a repossession can take up to 9 months to complete. The time scale can vary case by case depending on the complexity of the case and the amount of negotiation needed.

To get an accurate estimate for your case, you will have to book an initial consultation by calling our solicitors on 020 3007 5500. Once our solicitors have learnt the specifics of your case, they will be in an informed position to give you an accurate time frame.

Depending on your matter, a typical repossession case would involve:

1. Initial consultation to understand your matter
2. Review of the terms of the contract
3. Advising on the contract, the breaches, your dispute and evidence needed regarding your claim
4. Drafting and sending a letter before action to the other side outlining your claim and position
5. Dealing with the response, if any
6. Drafting and finalising your particulars of claim
7. Issuing your claim at the court
8. Dealing with the defence from the other side
9. Progressing through the standard litigation court process
10. Settling the claim out of court or going to trial if no settlement can be reached
11. Enforcing the judgement if it’s in your favour or appealing any decision if unsuccessful, if there is reason to believe this would be successful

Not every case will go through all of these stages. Many cases will be resolved after stage 4 if the evidence is compelling and the breach is clear.

For all repossessions, our solicitors will always require an initial consultation first.

In this initial consultation, our solicitors guarantee:

• Unlimited time to discuss the details of the repossession and ask any questions you may have.
• An overview of your legal standpoint and available options.
• A clear time and fee estimate for your repossession.

To contact one of our repossession solicitors, please call us on 020 3007 5500.

While we would love to offer legal aid, the government only appoints a tiny number of law firms to offer these services. So for the time being, we can only accept privately funded cases.