A Right to light is a form of Easements giving an owner with more than 20 year’s ownership of a building with windows a right to maintain a set level of ‘light’. Rights to light are particularly important in the development context and can often be a significant hurdle.
Disputes relating to Rights of Light, within the wider field of Easements, are a core part of Tanfield’s highly respected expertise in Real Property.
Closely linked to work on Party Walls, Easements, Developments and Boundary Disputes, whether advising on commercial or residential property disputes, members of Tanfield are known and ranked throughout the directories for work in this area.
Tanfield has an enviable reputation for Real Property work. Its clients include Local Authorities, property developers, leading Real Property law firms as well as both large and small landowners and commercial organisations.