Alexander Bastin

Introduction & Contact details

Alex specialises solely in property-related litigation and advisory work.  He is known for his client-focused, practical approach and has been recommended as a leading junior for property litigation by the Legal 500 since 2006.

He has experience of both sides of the legal profession having spent a year as an employed barrister in Mayer Brown’s Real Estate & Environmental Litigation department between 2001 and 2002.  Alex appears regularly in the High Court, County Court and Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, is licensed to accept public access instructions and has considerable experience of mediation.

Articles

Counting the Costs in the LVT (with Janice Northover of Davenport Lyons) New Law Journal 8.4.11
Lacking teeth: Party Wall Legislation (with Michelle Stevens-Hoare) New Law Journal 29.4.11

Qualifications

• BA(Hons)
• LLB(Hons) 

Professional Associations

• Member of the Property Bar Association.

T:    020 7242 2523
DDI: 020 7691 0115
F:     020 7691 1234
E:     alexander.bastin@hardwicke.co.uk

Landlord & Tenant

Landlord & Tenant - Commercial

All aspects of commercial landlord & tenant law including: breaches of covenant, consents, construction of terms/clauses, dilapidations, forfeiture (and relief from), injunctions, lease renewal, insolvency, service charge disputes and unlawful eviction.

Landlord & Tenant - Residential

All aspects of residential landlord & tenant law including: breaches of covenant, consent matters, construction of terms/clauses, disrepair, forfeiture (and relief from), injunctions, insolvency, service charge disputes and unlawful eviction.  Does not do leasehold enfranchisement.

Property & Private Client

Social Housing

Acts almost exclusively for social landlords (both LAs and RSLs) on landlord and tenant aspects of housing litigation matters.  Also, experienced in real property issues (development disputes, boundary issues, et cetera), matters before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and the drafting of tenancy agreements and policy.

Also very experienced in anti-social behaviour, disrepair, other breach of tenancy matters and general possession claims but does not do homelessness or judicial review.

Cases:

The Governors of the Peabody Trust v Reeve [2008] EWHC 1432 (Ch)
Unilateral variation of a standard tenancy

Land & Real Property

Experienced in a broad range of land/real property matters such as adverse possession, boundaries, mortgages, nuisance, party walls, rights of way/easements and trespass as well as issues arising out of the sale of properties (i.e. breach of contract/misrepresentation, failure to complete, et cetera).  Does not do agricultural work.

Trusts of Land

Experienced in Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 matters acting for both claimants and defendants in co-ownership of property disputes.

Cases:

Samson v Gardner [2009] EWHC 3309 (QB)
Constructive trusts and the presumption of advancment

Professional Negligence

A property-related practice, focusing on negligence by solicitors/barristers, conveyancers and surveyors and acting on behalf of insurers and claimants alike.