Kevin Grant
Kevin qualified as a solicitor in 2003. He is also a Director at Harland & Co.
Kevin's experience includes the following:
Residential Landlord & Tenant:
- Advising landlords and tenants in respect of residential tenancies
- Requirements of landlords and tenants, including deposit protection and tenancy commencement
- Interpretation and enforcement of terms within a tenancy agreement
- Assured tenancies, including assured shorthold and periodic tenancies
- Rent Act 1977 tenancies
- Bare & contractual licences
- The preparation and service of all notices seeking possession
- Drafting particulars of claim in respect of possession claims
- Dealing with all court directions up to and including the final possession hearing, including advocacy at court
- Seeking and executing warrants of possession
- Dealing with County Court bailiffs and High Court sheriffs
- Advising in respect of tenant possessions when left at the property post eviction
- Seeking damages for rent arrears
- Bringing and defending disrepair claims
- Advice about landlord and tenant liability for strucutural repairs, condensation, accidental and malicious damage
- Advising in respect of unlawful eviction claims
- Acting as agent in the County Court
- Acting as Duty Solicitor in respect of Housing and Possession Claims
Commercial Tenancies
- Advising in respect of disputed terms of a commercial tenancy agreement
- Rent reviews
- Debt recovery in respect of rent arrears
- Service of notices under Part IV of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
- Forfeiture, including relief from Forfeiture
- Repairing covenants
Construction and Building Disputes
- Disputes involving the Building Act, regulations and approved documents
- JCT works contracts, including disputed terms and termination notices
- Disputes over payment for work done
- Builder negligence/breach of contract
- Surveyor and architect negligence/breach of contract
- Debt recovery against non-paying parties
- Defective materials
- Defective plumbing and electrical installations
- Trading Standards
Other Land Disputes
- Boundary disputes
- Advice regarding title deeds and disputed covenants or restrictions
- Advice regarding easements and other disputed covenants
- Rights to light
- Access to Neighbouring Land Act
- Party Wall issues
- Neighbour Harassment
Contested Probate Litigation
- Claims in respect of disputed Wills
- Fraud
- Mistake
- Duress
- Capacity
- Validity and rectification of Wills
- Larke v Nugus letters
- The Golden Rule
- Solicitor and Will drafting negligence
- Removal of difficult trustees/executors
- Caveats
- Claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Personal Injury
- Road Traffic Claims
- Accidents at Work
- Public Liability Claims
- Managing cases through the Government's Claim Handling Portal
- Claims against medical professionals
- Advice on the valuation of General Damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity
- Advice in respect of schedules of other losses, including Smith v Manchester awards
- Criminal Injuries Compensation
- False and wrongful imprisonment claims
Employment
- Unfair Dismissal including Constructive Dismissal
- Discrimination Cases, including Harassment
- Settlement Agreements (formerly Compromise Agreements)
- TUPE
- Working Time Regulations
- Employment Contracts
- Tribunal Representation
Debt Recovery and Enforcement
- Claims arising from non-payment of invoices
- Small claim, Fast Track and Multi-Track litigation services
- Statutory Demands
- Applications to set aside Statutory Demands
- Bankruptcy Petitions
- Winding Up Petitions
- Attachment of Earnings Orders
- Third Party Debt Orders
- Charging Orders
- Warrants
- Agency Work
Professional Negligence
- Claims against Solicitors
- Claims against Surveyors and Architects
- Claims against Valuers
- Claims against Banks
Non-contentious work:
Private Client & Probate
- Preparation and execution of Wills
- Preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney for Finance & Property Affairs
- Preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney for Health & Welfare
- Applying for Probate
- Administration of Trusts
- Administration of Estates
- Court of Protection
- Office of the Public Guardian
Kevin Grant specialises in: