Ms Sharon Mathieson > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Ward Hadaway LLP Offices
SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England
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Ms Sharon Mathieson
Work Department
Property Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Sharon specialises in property litigation, acting for a wealth of clients across various sectors.
She acts for landlords and tenants in disputes involving dilapidations, service charge, the validity of break notices, rent review and lease renewal and other landlord and tenant disputes including possession and forfeiture.
She also specialises in advising land owners on the interpretation of property contracts such as options and pre-emptions, rectification (both Land Registry and Deed rectification), trespass, adverse possession, restrictive covenants and easements.
Sharon has particular expertise in advising public and third sector clients on property matters with specific experience of the additional factors that ought to be taken into account in those sectors (charitable objectives, PR/media attention, the political arena, individual complaints and ombudsman procedures).
She currently provides day to day estates advice to Canal & River Trust.
Sharon works closely with our property teams, providing strategic input (often behind the scenes) into matters such as vacant possession and development strategies; and also with our commercial litigation team, acting in property-related professional negligence claims.
Sharon has presented at a number of in-house seminars and workshops on topics such as:
Charitable property
Commercial service charges
Dilapidations and break notices
Driving Efficiencies in your Estate Management
Restrictive covenant issues
Third Party Occupiers
Business tenancies
Introduction to landlord and tenant issues
Lawyer Rankings
North > Real estate > Property litigation
(Leading individuals)With the arrival of Helen Hill from Knights plc in January 2022, Ward Hadaway LLP continues to expand its Newcastle-based property-related telecom law offering. The team also routinely acts for NHS trusts across the nation, assisting on hospital-related property litigations. The team, headed by Sharon Mathieson, is known for taking on landlord and tenant disputes, advising landowners on contractual matters, easements, covenants and trespass issues. Mathieson is a specialist in advising public and third sector clients, while Simon Thirtle focuses on defending clients in housing disrepair and unlawful eviction claims. Jeremy Hardy is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals North > Real estate > Property litigation
- Property litigation North > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family