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Kevin has for many years been rated in all the legal directories as a leading lawyer in the field of property related litigation. He handles a wide range of litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution both domestically and internationally.
Kevin is one of the few property litigation lawyers who can rightly claim to be an expert in rights of light and mines and minerals claims, regularly being recommended by specialist surveyors to their clients. He also specialises in restrictive covenants and litigation requiring interim remedies. He acts for major national PLC’s, developers, financial institutions, insurance companies and overseas investors.
Kevin is a member of the Property Litigation Association and Chartered Institute of Housing and has a post graduate management diploma from Manchester Business School.
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Experience
- Successfully resisting over 25 mines and minerals claims brought against developers by owners or putative owners of subterranean mines and minerals and regarded by many as the “go to” mines and minerals lawyer.
- Acting for multi claimants in rights of lights claims on development site in City of London
- Acting for international bank to protect their security on development site threatened with an injunction to demolish due to infringement of rights of light
- Acting for developers on schemes throughout the UK in advising on rights of light strategies.
- Acting for UK Oil & Gas Plc in ground breaking and heavily contested 5 day High Court anti-protest injunction to protect on-shore drilling sites (UKOG -v- Persons Unknown [2018] EWHC 2252 (Ch)).
- Acting for Signature Group in 5 day s.84 LPA 1925 hearing in Upper Tribunal for variation of restrictive covenants to develop care home (Signature of St Albans (Property) Guernsey Ltd -v- Wragg [2019] UKUT 70 (LC) and in previous High Court proceedings for declaratory relief [2018] 2 W.L.R. 943
- Acting for A&P Shipyard and Mersey Docks & Harbour Company in Re Falmouth Dockyard [2017] UKUT 430 (LC) (acting for the owner of a commercial/military shipyard resisting by an application by superyacht boat builder under s.84 LPA 1925 to modify covenants affecting a “wet dock”).
- Acting for Greene King in four day trial concerning dispute over whether a right recorded in the Land Registry register as an easement was in fact an easement (Starham -v- Greene King [2017] 9 WLUK 422) and in 2019 subsequently recovering in excess of £1.2m from Land Registry under the statutory indemnity (one of the highest ever recovered)
- Recovering US $14 million from US tenant in action for specific performance, following arbitration and High Court enforcement proceedings
- Acting for tenant in leading case concerning GRP roof lights (Twinmar Holdings -v- Klarius UK (2013 2 P&CR 6))
- Acting for the developer in Renewal Leeds Limited -v- Lowry Properties Limited (2010) EWHC 2902 on terms implied to give effect to an overage payment
- Successfully representing Downing Group in GMD Developments Ltd -v- Leeds City Council [2006] EWHC 1142 (Ch)
- Acting for US corporation in UK arbitration proceedings on suspension of rent dispute following damage cause by Buncefield oil depot explosion
- Acting for Shenton Park Company Inc in adversary proceedings in US Bankruptcy Court for State of Delaware in respect of interests in BVI entities
- Defending hotel developer on rights of light claim for an injunction
- Advising consortium of overseas investors on recovery of funds misappropriated from Spanish development involving various injunctive remedies
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Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
- Member of the Property Litigation Association (PLA)
- Chartered Institute of Housing
Kevin Lee's Expertise
Property and construction law
