Business and Property Masterclass #6: Rights of Light and Restrictive Covenants

This session will look at the grounds for establishing the rights of light and what amounts to a breach. It will also look at remedies, and litigation ‘do’s and don’ts’.

Presenters:

Victoria Osler is a property, housing and public law specialist, ranked as a leading junior by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Victoria specialises in all aspects of real property and landlord and tenant law, both in the residential and commercial contexts. Victoria’s  property practice encompasses lease interpretation, adverse possession, restrictive covenants, right to light disputes, easements, boundaries, party walls, nuisance, and trespass.

Shomik Datta is a property and commercial litigator with over two decades of experience. He is much in demand from an extensive client base that includes PLCs, SMEs, local authorities, registered providers, property developers, and high net-worth individuals. His expertise covers the standard range of real property work including boundary and easement disputes, but he has developed a particular expertise in right of light disputes and applications to discharge or vary freehold or leasehold covenants.