Sarah Heritage

Sarah is a Partner in the Real Estate Dispute Resolution group, specialising in property disputes specifically for private clients. Sarah advises high-net-worth individuals and their trusts, companies and family offices together with significant property-owning companies and large corporates. She acts on all property-related disputes relating to super-prime residential and mixed-use property and landed estates. 

Sarah advises frequently on a wide variety of disputes, including neighbour disputes, nuisance claims, freehold management company disputes, disrepair claims, possession claims, rights of way disputes and service charge disputes. She has extensive experience of negotiating resolutions between parties and litigating matters at court or tribunal, whilst providing strategic advice at any stage of a dispute.

Key Experience

• Acting for a client in a successful claim against the beneficiary of restrictive covenants for unreasonably withholding consent
• Negotiating a settlement for a developer of a 151 unit retirement village defending High Court proceedings
• Negotiating a settlement of county court proceedings for a tenant whose landlord had refused consent to alterations
• Negotiating a settlement for a client in a dispute with his former joint venture partner
• Acting for a client in a disrepair claim against his landlord at a super prime property
• Acting for a client in a loss of rent claim against a contractor who delayed a redevelopment project
• Acting for a property promoter in a joint venture dispute
• Acting for the successful landlord in lease renewal proceedings which reached the Court of Appeal on the question of rental value
• Acting for the corporate trustee of a will seeking possession of a commercial property occupied by a fellow trustee and other licensee
• Acting for a client defending listed building proceedings in the Magistrates' Court
• Acting for a client in appealing a Third Surveyor's award to the County Court in a party wall dispute
• Acting for a client in defending an adjoining owner's appeal to the County Court in a party wall dispute
• Acting for a client in the recovery of a holding deposit paid to an estate agent in relation to a super prime property
• Advising a retail tenant with an extensive portfolio in relation to various issues arising at its properties, including landlord and tenant dispute
• Advising a large car park company with an extensive portfolio in relation to various issues arising at its properties in its various capacities as landlord, tenant and sub-tenants
• Sarah speaks French and German.

Career History

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Of Counsel, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Trainee Solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Legal Practice Course, BPP
BPP University, Graduate Diploma in Law
University of Oxford (Brasenose College), BA (Hons) French and German