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Adam Colenso
Work Department
Property Litigation
Position
Adam specialises in a wide range of property litigation including claims for breach of covenant and forfeiture, dilapidations, lease renewals, rent reviews and service charge disputes. He has a particular expertise in leasehold enfranchisement matters.
He regularly undertakes possession claims, disputes relating to protected tenancies, boundary disputes, adverse possession litigation and claims relating to rights of way and other easements. Adam also deals with ToLATA disputes, nuisance claims and litigation relating to public houses.
Career
Adam took a History degree at Newcastle University and a Masters degree at York University. Thereafter he completed the CPE law conversion and qualified as a barrister at the Inns of Court School of Law in 2001. He was a partner at Cumberland Ellis from November 2006 and joined Wedlake Bell LLP from Cumberland Ellis in April 2012 when the firms merged.
Memberships
Law Society.
Education
University of Newcastle (1991 BA); University of York (1992 MA); Manchester Metropolitan University (1994 CPE); Inns of Court School of Law (1995 BVC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
(Leading partners)Clients come to Wedlake Bell LLP for its ‘strategic approach and commercial acumen’, where the group advises investment funds, developers, and leading retailers. The property litigation group counts contested lease renewals, dilapidation claims, deposit disputes, and terminations under the Electronic Communications Code within its scope of work. The ‘extremely clever’ Adam Colenso leads the practice and focuses on landlord and tenant litigation, in addition to development disputes and cases relating to public houses. ‘Energetic and industrious’ Jonathan Hibberts is well-versed in lease renewals, disrepair claims, and termination disputes, whereas the ‘bright and energetic’ Rachel Fitzgerald covers commercial landlord and tenant disputes, such as business tenancy lease renewal issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Real estate > Property litigation
- Property litigation London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms