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Memery Crystal Offices
165 Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2DY
England
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Richard Evans
Position
Richard Evans is a Partner and Head of the Real Estate Litigation team at Memery Crystal.
Richard advises leading UK property companies and retailers such as the Freshwater Group, St. Modwen Properties and the Steinhoff Group as well as tenants, developers and investors of all kinds. His practice focuses on complex property disputes resulting out of the acquisition, development and management of commercial real estate. His experience includes acting for clients in disputes involving breach of covenant, rights of light, easements, construction, judicial review, 1954 Act lease renewals, rent reviews, noise nuisance, applications for consent to assign, trespass and real estate disputes with an insolvency aspect.
Richard has appeared in the leading Court of Appeal case on Section 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (Wood vs. Waddington) and has a broad range of High Court and Court of Appeal experience dealing with contractual and development disputes including claims for specific performance and injunctive relief. A significant part of Richard’s current practice involves advising both tenants and landlords in contested high value dilapidations disputes.
Career
2012 – Present: Partner, Memery Crystal
2010 – 2012: Senior Associate, Memery Crystal
Memberships
Property Litigation Association
RICS Dilapidations Forum
Westminster Property Association
Leisure Property Forum
Leisure
Richard is a keen runner and triathlete. He is a Harlequins season ticket holder and enjoys watching and playing most sports.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance