Praised as a ‘responsive and knowledgeable’ practice, TWM Solicitors LLP is a key port of call for regional clients on contentious property mandates. David Hitchcock, who heads up the dispute resolution department, is ’very experienced and commercially astute’, serving as a key contact on possession and trespass claims, beneficial interest matters, and debt recovery issues. A ‘hardworking and very professional litigator, Simon Burdett-Dixon is an expert across commercial lease renewals, boundary disputes, and easement issues. David Stockley leads the leasehold reform and collective enfranchisement team.
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Testimonials
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‘A strong regional practice with real expertise in property litigation.’
‘The team was very responsive and knowledgeable, calm and easy to work with.’
‘They gave the work the priority it needed, gave good informed advice and then acted on the instructions given.’
‘Capable, thorough and conscientious.’
‘David Hitchcock is unflappable and an expert in dealing with difficult situations. He is calm, competent and collaborative.’
'David Hitchcock is very experienced and commercially astute.’
Key clients
- Chilmead Properties Limited
Work highlights
Advised private clients on their responsibilities in assuming costs for retaining wall repairs.
Advising Chilmead Properties Limited on getting multiple long residential leases disclaimed that had vested bona vacantia.
Advised the executors of an estate on obtaining possession of a farmhouse dwelling and 27 acres of agricultural land which a beneficiary had wrongly purported to lease to various tenants in business occupation.
Lawyers
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Practice head
David Hitchcock; David Stockley
Other key lawyers
Simon Burdett-Dixon; Stuart Downey