Senior Associate

Sarah Coates-Madden

Languages

English

Sarah is a senior property litigation solicitor with 17 years’ experience in well known Yorkshire forms. Her expertise includes lease renewals, Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 matters, forfeiture, dilapidations, rent arrears and breaches of covenant, possession, adverse possession, boundaries and easements, restrictive covenants, nuisance and trespass. She has worked in sectors including leisure, retail, hospitality and charities, advising some household names.

Relevant experience

A group of defendants against a developer seeking a right of way in a claim and -cross appeal in the Business and Property courts.
Numerous lease renewals nationwide for a kitchen retailer.
Private individuals in a claim to the Upper Tribunal (Property Chamber) regarding modification of a restrictive covenant.
A national retailer in relation to commercial rent arrears claims post-Covid.
A national retailer tenant in relation to rent review issues following a CVA.

Memberships & Roles

Member of the Property Litigation Association.

Education

2004 - Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law York, York.
2002 - Postgraduate Diploma in Law, De Montfort University Leicester, Leicester.
1995 - BA English & Linguistics, The University of Manchester , Manchester.

Practice Areas

Real Estate Real Estate & Planning Disputes Real Estate PRS Residential Real Estate

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