Caroline Gumbrell
Commercial and Agricultural Property Disputes Lawyer
Caroline qualified in 1998 and is in our property disputes team. She has spent the last twenty years specialising in land and property disputes with a focus on commercial and agricultural Landlord and Tenant work.
Caroline has worked for three top 200 law firms in her career and that has enabled her to act for a wide variety of clients including farmers, individuals and companies with many hundreds of properties in their portfolios. Caroline is a trusted, empathetic and pragmatic lawyer whose only focus is providing her clients with great service and high quality, sound legal advice. Caroline advised in a number of large value commercial disputes before choosing to focus on land and property and this means that she understands the wider commercial effect of decisions to be taken in the cases she now works on.
Areas of expertise
Caroline can advise on any land or property issue, whether there is a dispute or not, but some of the most common areas she is asked to advise on are:
Opposed and unopposed commercial lease renewals
Disrepair and dilapidations and other claims for breach of lease
The service of notices
Forfeiture
Recovery of rent, service charge, insurance rent and other sums due under a lease of commercial property
Rent review
Break options
Lease interpretation – what type of lease/tenancy do you have whether written or unwritten
Return of goods at lease termination
Nuisance
Restrictive covenants
Trespass including removing squatters
Rights of Way and Easements
Boundaries
Problems with the Land Registry
Interests in land
Succession applications under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
Farm business tenancies
My clients
“Caroline Gumbrell is amazing, highly qualified and professional, she always treats clients with care and compassion during a difficult and stressful time” – Legal 500 2018