Telecoms

Our real estate telecoms team is one of the few specialist teams in the UK acting solely for landowners.  This enables us to provide robust commercial advice to our clients without conflict.

We advise on the installation and removal of electronic communications equipment from sites including:

Installation:

  • Wayleaves
  • Rooftop leases
  • Greenfield sites
  • Implications of Code Agreements

Removal:

  • Strategy for removal
  • Serving of Code Notices
  • Acting in proceedings for the removal of equipment
  • Negotiating settlements
  • Obtaining possession and removal

The team works with both residential and commercial developers as well as investor clients, occupiers and other landowners.  It is well respected in the industry and has in-depth experience of working with most of the specialist telecoms surveyors.

Recent highlights for the team include acting in Crest Nicholson v Arqiva (2015) on the validity of paragraph 21 Code notices.

Tim Foley

Tim Foley

If you have any questions or queries please call Tim on +44 (0)20 3036 7395 or email tfoley@fladgate.com

One impressed interviewee praises the firm for its “superb availability and responsiveness and total dedication to the case above and beyond the call of duty.”  Another source notes: “They think beyond the immediate issues and care about the impact of litigation for the client.”

Chambers UK

Telecoms team

 

Telecoms Code: some welcome guidance for landowners

Armel Elaudais

BT to switch off the IDSN and PSTN Telephony Networks

Tenants’ top tips on telecommunications

Madeleine Holding

Digitalising signatures – a new dawn for conveyancing and HM Land Registry

Another historic moment for the new Telecoms Code

A historic moment for the new Telecoms Code

Fladgate advises on sale of Wembley Point site in Brent

The New Telecommunications Code: are you equipped?

The New Telecoms Code: are you equipped?

New telecoms code could impact affordable housing

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Event: The New Telecoms Code: are you equipped?

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The New Electronic Communications Code was given Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and is due to come into force this autumn. Thekla Fellas, our telecommunications dispute expert and head of real estate […]

New telecoms code could impact affordable housing

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Hidden consequences of the new Electronic Communications Code

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The Telecoms Code – Last chance to have your say

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Sending out the wrong signals

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Interpreting the Electronic Communications Code

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Communication breakdown

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Electronic Communications Code latest

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Telecoms and the 1984 Code: changing times

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The Electronic Communications Code

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One impressed interviewee praises the firm for its “superb availability and responsiveness and total dedication to the case above and beyond the call of duty.”   Another source notes: “They think beyond the immediate issues and care about the impact of litigation for the client.”

Chambers UK

Advises clients on a range of complex disputes. Offers notable expertise in the hotel and leisure, telecoms and high-value residential property sectors.

“Fladgate has the balance right – they communicate amongst each other and they aren’t drowning in their own importance!”

 

Chambers UK

Represented Crest Nicholson Operations in a case concerning the removal of telecoms equipment from the old Cambridge City football ground.

Chambers UK

Clients include Soho Estates and St James Group (Berkeley Homes).

Legal 500

Known for its expertise in the telecoms sector but also handles significant work in the leisure industry. Frequently advises on vacant possession strategy and on matters relating to complex commercial and residential developments.  “They work hard but have a wonderful culture; they are human and fun to work with. They have a high level of technical knowledge and a tactical approach.”

Chambers UK

“Very effective property litigation firm” Fladgate LLP has expertise in the leisure, telecoms, site development and high-value residential sectors.

Legal 500

Acts on both commercial and residential property matters for clients including investors and developers. Particular strength in telecoms issues, residential development work and property management.

Chambers UK

  • Crest Nicholson – acting in Crest v Arqiva [2015] regarding the validity of paragraph 21 Code notices.  Successfully removing Arqiva and obtaining vacant possession before the end of the contractual lease and receiving a contribution towards Crest’s costs.
  • Residential developer – advising on the removal of telecoms equipment from the roof of premises to allow a £300m development of a wider site.

 

  • Developer client – securing the removal of telecoms operators from a residential development with budget and within timescales in respect of the development of a college site.
  • Investor client – securing the removal of telecoms operators from a rooftop site to allow the addition of further floors to the building.
  • Owner/occupier – putting together a strategy for the removal of operators from a large West London site to allow the site to be sold for residential development.
  • Owner – securing the removal of two telecoms operators from a mixed use block in London and their relocation back onto the building following redevelopment.
  • Major transport company – acting on its national portfolio for the management and removal of telecoms operators.
  • X-Leisure – acting in respect of telecoms for its leisure schemes.

Integrated

Our clients come to us to solve problems that are often complex and multifaceted. We draw together the multiple strands of a business or personal challenge into a coherent, integrated legal response that combines the knowledge and experience of experts in all the relevant fields.

Partner-led

We operate in small teams in which partners not only take the lead but also do a significant amount of the detailed work. Clients can be assured that the partners they engage and brief will remain closely involved in developing and delivering the advice as part of our close-knit, expert teams.

Experienced

Fladgate has a long heritage of delivering high-quality legal advice. We have been providing practical legal solutions to businesses and private clients for over 250 years. Today we are one of the UK’s top 100 law firms, with over 80 partners and a reputation for providing solutions that work.