Direct Access Barrister

Rachel Marie Coyle

Direct Access Barrister

Rachel Marie Coyle

Rachel is a specialist property barrister that also has experience in commercial dispute resolution, insolvency and private client. Rachel acts in all types of property disputes (residential and commercial). Rachel’s practice also encompasses contentious trusts, wills, and probate (including TOLATA and Inheritance Act claims) and commercial disputes.

Rachel has appeared in the High Court in the Business and Property Courts, Companies Court, Queens Bench Division and Chancery Division. She has built a strong experience in the County Court to multi track level. She also has experience in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and (Land Registration).

Area of Law

Chancery

Rachel is experienced in a variety of commercial disputes, often with a property dimension. These include claims arising out of transactional agreements; shareholder, partnership and joint venture disputes; sale of goods and services; JCT contracts; DPA matters; Construction.

Housing and Social Welfare

Homelessness Appeals, Injunctions, Disrepair, Unlawful Eviction, Possession

Landlord and Tenant

Enforcement of easements and covenants relating to land, trespass, unlawful eviction, injunctions, section 21 and section 8 notices, tenancy deposits, rent repayment orders, succession, Housing Act 2004 appeals pursuant to sections 43 and 45 and disrepair.

Local Government

Regeneration, Housing Act 2004, Home Loss Payments, Compulsory Purchase, Mobile Homes, Caravan Sites, Travellers, Highways, Tree Preservation Orders, Hoarding, Planning and human rights, Licensing and other associated areas

Planning and Environmental

Planning and Human Rights, Licensing, TPOs, Highways.

Property

Rachel is an experienced advocate and is regularly instructed in a variety of property disputes, commercial, landlord and tenant, land registration, adverse possession, forfeiture, service charges, leasehold extension, Rule 13 Costs, right to manage applications, breach of leases (leasehold), dilapidations, right to light, business tenancy renewals, boundary disputes, tree preservation orders, electronic communications code, enforcement of easements and covenants relating to land, trespass, unlawful eviction, injunctions, section 21 and section 8 notices, tenancy deposits, rent repayment orders, Housing Act 2004 appeals pursuant to sections 43 and 45 and disrepair.


Wills and Probate

Financial provision claims, the administration of estates, removal of executors and contentious trusts matters (onshore and offshore).

What sort of work do I do?

Property (Commercial and Residential)
Leasehold and Freehold
Commercial Disputes
Local Government and Public
Housing
Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and contentious probate and wills

Who do I work for?

Clients that Rachel has worked with include private and commercial landlords, commercial and residential tenants/leaseholders, banks, U.K. solicitors’ firms with domestic and/or international clients, start-ups, private equity sponsors, local government departments and councils, property management companies, charities, high net worth individuals, beneficiaries, trustees and more vulnerable members of society.

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