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John Wagstaffe

01992 300333 john.wagstaffe@longmores.law View profile

Work Department

Property Litigation

Position

Partner and Head of Property Litigation

Career

John handles an array of commercial and residential property disputes acting for clients with property interests including management companies, managing agents, investors, developers, private owners, rural land owners, and both commercial and residential landlords and tenants.  John’s particular specialism is in advising landlords, management companies and managing agents about the various legal issues and disputes which arise in connection with blocks of apartments.

John studied Law at the University of Southampton, graduating in 2006. He immediately followed this with the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law (now the University of Law), graduating in 2007.  He joined Longmores in 2009 as a Trainee Solicitor, qualifying into the Residential Property team in 2011.   In 2012, John founded our Property Litigation team and in 2016 was promoted to Senior Solicitor and then Partner in 2020.

John frequently acts in the following types of cases:

• Advice on freehold and leasehold property issues
• Business lease renewals and terminations
• Non-payment of rent
• Other lease breaches
• Forfeiture
• Break clause notices
• Dilapidations
• Restrictive covenants
• Easements (e.g. rights of way)
• Trespass and nuisance claims
• Title disputes
• Residential Lease Extension and Collective Enfranchisement claims
• Service charges disputes
• Possession proceedings for short residential leases (e.g. assured shorthold tenancies)
• Land Registry/First-Tier Tribunal applications (e.g. adverse possession & rectification of register)
• Co-ownership disputes
• Boundary disputes
• Party Wall Act disputes

Memberships

John is a member of the Property Litigation Association and the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners

Education

University of Law (2006-2007)
University of Southampton (2003-2006)

Leisure

As a dad of three young children, John’s time away from work is largely monopolised, but where he can he enjoys reading, film, eating out and the odd day with his car on the race track.