Daylight Protect · Corporate and Commercial
Rights of light are assets. Most portfolios have never valued them.
A neighbouring development that infringes protected light gives the owner an enforceable claim. We identify, assess and enforce those positions under a fully funded structure.
The Proposition
Two entry points. One fully funded structure.
For owners with a known infringement
A neighbouring development is obstructing protected light. The position is live and time-sensitive. We move quickly to preserve the claim, instruct a chartered surveyor to produce the rights of light analysis, and appoint our specialist property litigation panel to engage the developer.
For owners who have never audited their portfolio
Rights of light positions can sit dormant across a portfolio for years, unknown and unenforced. We screen the portfolio, identify every enforceable position, and assess which carry sufficient weight to pursue.
Who We Act For
Institutional and commercial owners. Never developers.
Funds and REITs
Portfolio-level identification and enforcement of rights of light positions across held assets.
Pension schemes and family offices
Long-held property interests where dormant rights may carry significant unrealised value.
Corporate occupiers and freeholders
Owner-occupied and freehold positions threatened by neighbouring development.
Charities and community organisations
Community buildings and charitable property whose light is protected by prescriptive right.
Receivers and advisers
Professional advisers acting for owners who need a fully funded enforcement route.
Identify
Portfolio screening and Waldram analysis. A chartered surveyor models the light levels before and after the development and establishes whether the loss is actionable.
Assess
Title due diligence, prescriptive rights under the Prescription Act 1832 and lost modern grant. We establish whether the right has been acquired and whether it survives.
Engage
Formal engagement by our specialist property litigation panel, at firms ranked in The Legal 500, acting under a conditional fee agreement. The developer is notified.
Resolve
Negotiation, mediation or litigation. Legal insurance is arranged for each claim so the owner carries no adverse costs risk.
Case Evidence
Case evidence
Institutional-weight matters, resolved under our structure.
Authority
Cooper and Powell v Ludgate House Ltd [2025] EWHC 1724 (Ch). The High Court awarded £850,000 in negotiating damages, the highest recorded in a rights of light case.
The successful parties recovered a share of their costs. The judgment confirms the courts will enforce rights of light against substantial developers and award meaningful damages where infringement is established.