Matthew Spring > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Payne Hicks Beach LLP
10 NEW SQUARE
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
England

Work Department

Dispute Resolution/Property Litigation

Position

Matthew is the firm’s first solicitor-advocate, entitled to appear at all levels of the Court system, including the Supreme Court. 

 

An experienced civil litigator, Matthew’s particular specialism is resolving property disputes. He acts for a range of corporate and individual clients in real estate matters (including development issues, rights of way, rights of light, party walls). He handles landlord and tenant/property management issues in both commercial and residential sectors (from industrial estates to residential flats). 

 

Matthew is a leading adviser of the firm in leasehold enfranchisement (residential lease extensions, collective enfranchisement and freehold acquisition) in which he has taken a case into the Supreme Court on qualifying criteria under the 1967 Act. He acts for landlords and tenants in disputes involving property management, service charges, breach of covenant and forfeiture of leases at First Tier and Upper Tribunal, County Court, High Court level and above.  He has experience of right to manage companies and rights of first refusal.

 

Matthew resolves contentious countryside issues with the firm’s private client team for landed estates and agriculture.  His property practice crosses into the field of construction law where he advises on performance and payment, negligence and damage issues arising under and out of JCT and other construction contracts, as well as resolving disputes through adjudication. 

 

He advises individuals and companies on insolvency issues, as well as having experience in acting for Administrators, LPA Receivers and Trustees in Bankruptcy. His Chancery law practice includes partnership disputes, including obtaining injunctions against outgoing partners, asset recovery in the context of trust litigation and contentious probate matters.  He handles Court cases on cohabitation and beneficial interests in property.  

Career

Qualified 2000, joined Payne Hicks Beach 1998. 

Memberships

Matthew is a member of the Property Litigation Association and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.  

Education

Matthew has a Masters degree in Law.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Property litigation

Payne Hicks Beach LLP’s property litigation offering is wide ranging, with demonstrated experience in high-value residential work, and recent expansion into the hospitality sector. The ‘extremely diligentMatthew Spring anchors the group and is skilled in residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters and has recently been involved in cases concerning rights of light and party walls, in addition to leasehold enfranchisement disputes. Spring is ably supported by the ‘commercially astuteScott Goldstein, who frequently advises ultra-high-net-worth clients on various property disputes. Natasha Lawson concentrates on possession claims.