Peter Lamble

Peter’s primary focus has been on handling complex commercial litigation cases on behalf of clients, navigating through legal complexities, providing strategic advice and delivering favourable outcomes.

He has a particular interest in commercial property landlord and tenant law, such as contested and non-contested tenancy renewals and dilapidations claims acting for both landlords and tenants.

Notable Commercial Disputes cases

• Contested Lease Renewal
  

  Handling a claim under Section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) where a landlord successfully opposed the grant of a new lease on the basis of an intention to demolish or reconstruct a substantial part of the premises.

• Shareholder Dispute-unfair Prejudice
  

  Handling a shareholder’s dispute involving exclusion from management and misappropriation of company assets resulting in a claim that the company’s affairs were being conducted in a manner which was unfairly prejudicial.

• Negligence Claims
  

  Handling several substantial claims by a mortgage lender which lent money for the purchase of a house secured by way of mortgage against a firm of surveyors and valuers for a negligent valuation.

• Nuisance Claims
  

  Acting for a landowner in a private nuisance claim involving an encroachment on land which caused physical damage to it and interfered with the enjoyment of it resulting in an interim injunction and damages.

• Contract Claims
  

  Acting for an international brand which supplied goods to a UK company which they subsequently failed to pay them for and then became insolvent. Relying upon a retention of title provision in the contract enabled a claim to be pursued against the liquidator for the successful recovery of the goods supplied but not paid for.