PROPERTY
Property law covers legal rights related to land, buildings, and ownership. It includes issues like leases, boundaries, mortgages, and disputes between landlords and tenants. Barristers help by giving legal advice, drafting documents, and representing clients in court, especially when disputes arise over possession, ownership, or use of property.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY/LEASES
Claims involving disrepair, dilapidations or breach of covenant; forfeiture or relief from forfeiture; challenging s. 146 notices; unreasonable refusal to consent to assignment/transfer; disputes over commercial licences; claims or applications to determine the meaning of words or acts under a lease or agreement; claims against guarantors. Iqbal also acts in disputes over business rates and fees or charges related to or applied on land.
LANDLORD & TENANT ACT 1954
Claims under sections 25 or 26; claims involving the validity of opt out agreements under s. 38A; disputes involving the applicability or extent of Part II of the Act.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Claims for possession; claims for rent arrears or disrepair; disputes over the nature of occupation (whether protected tenancy or otherwise); challenging the validity of tenancies; s. 146 notices or forfeiture of long leases; service charge disputes; disputes with managing agents or freeholders; partnership or business disputes involving residential lettings; claims against lettings agencies; claims against guarantors or third parties.
TRUSTS/EQUITY
Claims of beneficial interest in land; raising estoppel; disputes over the payment of deposits; property purchased in a personal relationship with or without a declaration of trust; family property; equitable relief involving land (declarations, specific performance); claims under Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996; equitable leases.
OTHER CLAIMS
Iqbal has acted in claims arising out of adverse possession of land as well as all manner of disputes involving mortgages or legal charges over land. Boundary disputes; nuisance; interpretation or enforcement of restrictive covenants; and access to neighbouring land.
