Emma Slade

Emma Slade is a solicitor and partner specialising in professional negligence claims against professionals, commercial litigation, and Landlord & Tenant law.

What can I do if my landlord dies?

Landlord and tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, answers the question, ‘What can I do if my landlord dies?’ Our Landlord and Tenant team has wide ranging experience of all types of property dispute, undertaking work on a national basis. For a free consultation about your case and details of our funding options call 0333 888 0404 or

Tenancy complications following the owner’s death

Landlord and Tenant law: Picking up the pieces when you pick up a tenant In this real-life case study we look at the issue of tenancy complications following the owner’s death. Our Client’s father had died 11 years ago.  Prior to his death, he had purchased a property that he allowed his brother (“U”) to

Legal action against anti-social tenants

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Dilapidations at the end of a commercial lease

Landlord and tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, looks at dilapidations at the end of a commercial lease. A written commercial lease sets out the agreement between a landlord and the tenant, and the obligations of each party under it.  Specifically, it will set out the obligations of the tenant as to repairing covenants (keeping the premises

Evicting a tenant from residential property

Evicting a tenant. What options does a residential landlord have? We receive a lot of enquiries from landlords – and lettings agents – about repossessing houses and flats.  Sometimes it is for reasons as simple as needing to sell an investment property with vacant possession but it can be for other reasons.  Like the caller

Buying property with a sub-tenant

Landlord and Tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, takes a look at the dangers of buying property with a sub-tenant. Slee Blackwell have been independently ranked in the top 10 solicitors in the UK by the legal review website Review Solicitors. If you are buying property that has been sublet then contact us for a free consultation by calling

Evicting a beneficiary

This is a real-life case study in which we acted for an executor in evicting a beneficiary from a property owned by an estate. Contact our recommended inheritance solicitors for a free consultation and details of the funding options we offer. Call 0333 888 0404 or send details of your case to us at [email protected].  Our client was the executor

Shareholder disputes in a family company

shareholder dispute

Commercial litigation solicitor Emma Slade reviews the law governing shareholder disputes in a family company. “When it was good, it was very very good. But when it was bad, it was horrid.” With sincere apologies to Longfellow, the above really does encapsulate what it is like when a company is operating well with all its

Professional negligence lawyers recover compensation for surveyor’s negligence

Compensation recovered from surveyors of a historic building by our team of specialist professional negligence lawyers A couple wished to purchase a beautiful ‘chocolate box’ half-timbered, Grade II Listed home which had been built in the late 1600s. Given its age and listed status, they commissioned a surveyor who held himself out as having expertise

Suing an insolvency practitioner

If you are interested in suing an insolvency practitioner to recover financial losses resulting from their negligence, then our team of professional negligence solicitors are here to help. A legal claim can be considered when an insolvency practitioner has breached their duty of care. This might arise when an insolvency practitioner doesn’t recover the ‘best