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Mario Betts

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Work Department

Real Estate.

Position

Managing Associate

Career

Mario advises on all issues relating to real estate disputes in various forums including the High Court, County Court, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, and the Upper Tribunal.

Mario acts for a broad range of clients across the property sector from developers to landlords to corporate occupiers.

Mario advises clients on a range of contentious issues including commercial lease renewals, dilapidations, rent and service charge disputes, forfeiture proceedings, break notices and changes in legislation. He also advises on property-related professional negligence disputes (particularly involving solicitors and surveyors), and development issues such as boundary disputes, easements, restrictive covenants, and rights of light.

Recent work includes:

• successfully advising on a multi-million pound claim relating to the termination of a contract for the sale of a landmark London property

• obtaining an injunction against a mortgagee and various third parties restraining them from disposing of the mortgaged property following a sale at an undervalue
• successfully opposing a challenge to the exercise of a tenant’s break clause

• successfully advising on professional negligence claims against a firm of surveyors and a firm of solicitors

Memberships

Mario is a member of the Property Litigation Association, R3 – the Association of Business Recovery Professions, NARA (Association of Property and Fixed Charge Receivers), and the Insolvency Practitioners Association.