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Mr Simon Hartley

Work Department
Property Litigation
Position
Simon is a Partner in RadcliffesLeBrasseur’s Property Litigation department, advising on all facets of contentious real estate work.
Based in our London office, Simon provides comprehensive advice on all facets of contentious real estate work. He has substantial rent review experience working both within and outside the central London markets. Simon advises on professional negligence claims, rights of light, service charge issues, development disputes and emergency injunctions. He has considerable expertise in acting for landlords, tenants and insolvency practitioners in relation to real estate disputes in an insolvency context. Simon also acts in relation to the enforcement of security held over property. Additionally, he handles all aspects of contentious real estate management work, including lease renewal, tenant default and restrictive covenants and easements.
Simon is a founding committee member of the cross-disciplinary Dilapidations Association. He conceptualised and was involved in the development of terminal dilapidations insurance for commercial tenants.
Career
Solicitor at Linklaters from 2002-08. Solicitor and Head of Property Litigation at Mayer Brown from 2008-12. Joined RadcliffesLeBrasseur as a Partner in 2012. Simon regularly writes and lectures on real estate dispute resolution.
Memberships
Simon is a member of the Law Society, the Property Litigation Association and is Treasurer of the Dilapidations Association.
Education
Selby College. University of Durham (St Aidan’s College) (LLB Law 1st class). Nottingham Trent University (LPC distinction).
Leisure
In his spare time, Simon enjoys writing, film and travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
The property litigation team at Weightmans routinely advises on building safety matters, residential disputes, commercial claims, and landlord and tenant disputes. Elsewhere, the group is reputed for its healthcare-related property disputes offering, regularly advising private hospitals and care homes. The offering is led by the ‘pragmatic and commercial’ Simon Hartley, who advises commercial developers and investors on dilapidations claims, disrepairs, and real estate-related insolvency litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Local government
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Travel
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Transport > Aviation
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Residential property
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employers