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Property litigation

Simone Ketchell

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CMS‘ broad practice is well equipped to handle complex property disputes for a diverse range of clients, primarily commercial landlords with portfolios of office, retail, industrial and leisure properties. The firm is also recognised for its sector expertise in the logistics sector, where development projects and contentious aspects are handled by practice head Simone Ketchell, while Martin Garner has extensive experience in the Electronic Communications Code. The team is strengthened by Charlotte Green, who is well versed in dilapidations and boundaries disputes, and Sarah Pope, who acts in landlord and tenant disputes, as well as cladding-related matters under the Building Safety Act 2022.
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Position

Partner, Disputes Resolution

Career

Simone heads up our Sheffield based Real Estate Litigation team whilst working with members of our teams based in London and Bristol to deliver a seamless service to clients. The Sheffield team is one of the largest, if not the largest, regional specialist litigation team consisting of nine specialist  lawyers, one legal executive, two paralegals, two trainees and one legal apprentice.

Simone has over twenty-three years’ expertise with a focus on development disputes and has recently delivered complex vacant possession strategies on current major, high profile, redevelopments for SEGRO Plc, NewRiver, Hermes Real Estate, Mileway and The Mayfield Partnership.

She is highly valued by her clients as evidenced by the breadth of her client base and work including: her instruction on the ground-breaking £1.4 billion, 15-year regeneration project of the former Mayfield train station site in Manchester; and involvement as the lead partner advising SEGRO Plc, a FTSE 500 property investment company, on the expansion of Heathrow airport.

She also has extensive experience in the High Court litigation of conditional break options.

In addition, Simone is acting on a range of real estate disputes including injunctions, service charge disputes, tenant insolvency, forfeiture, dilapidations claims, contested lease renewals and contractual disputes for BP International, Mileway, AXA, BBC Pension Fund, SEGRO Plc, Hammerson, Hermes, Sheffield University and Aberdeen Property UK Retail Parks Partnership.

Memberships

Member of the Education and Training Committee of the Property Litigation Association. Member of the Lexis Nexis Property Disputes Steering Committee.

Education

2000 – LPC, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham

1999 – LL.B., University of East Anglia, Norwich

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Friendly and approachable team. Good at taking the 'heat' out of dispute situations and providing practical and strategic advice.’

  • ‘The team has expertise in a range of areas, from landlord/tenant real estate litigation matters to their work in the telecoms sector. They are very client-centric and we value the strategic input which they bring to matters. They are responsive and are always very clear in their advice.’

  • ‘Martin Garner - Expertise in telecoms matters, very responsive and provides clear strategic advice.’

  • ‘Specialist areas - experienced teams.’

  • ‘The lawyers that can simplify and offer recommendations are the ones that stand out the most to me.’

Key clients

  • Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited/ Argos
  • Aberdeen Standard Investments
  • Columbia Threadneedle
  • CBRE Global Investors
  • New River
  • SEGRO Group
  • Mileway
  • The Crown Estate
  • Landsec
  • BBC Pension Trust

Work highlights

Advising SEGRO on its groundbreaking industrial-residential mixed-use developments in Hayes.
Acting for the Crown Estate on its £1bn regional portfolio.