About Laura

Laura practises exclusively in property law, with an emphasis on landlord and tenant.  She accepts instructions in residential, commercial and agricultural landlord and tenant matters, as well as the law of real property more generally.

She adopts a collaborative approach and is user friendly for both solicitors and clients, with an eye always on practicality and commerciality. She has a background in agricultural and rural matters as a former member of the Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel, and also from her personal life.

Laura’s recent cases have related to the following areas:

• Residential landlord & tenant, including possession proceedings, tenancy deposit claims, and service charge disputes
• Commercial landlord & tenant, including forfeiture, breach of covenant, and 1954 Act renewals
• Agricultural occupancies
• Leasehold enfranchisement and lease extensions
• Easements
• Adverse possession
• Land registration
• Boundary and Party Wall Act disputes
• TOLATA

Appointments

• Member of the Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel 2014 – 2025, hearing appeals against decisions of the Rural Payments Agency in relation to EU and latterly government funded subsidies and agri-environment schemes
• Assistant Commissioner for Eastern England in the 2018 Boundary Commission Review of parliamentary constituencies.

Away from work Laura has a keen interest in rural matters and breeds pedigree Ryeland sheep.

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