Bio
Katy is a Real Estate Disputes Partner.
Katy advises owners and occupiers across a broad range of contentious property matters.
With more than 25 years’ experience, Katy specialises in complex landlord and tenant disputes, with particular expertise in matters involving the redevelopment of business premises.
From SMEs to major institutional landlords, she works closely with occupiers (particularly in the retail sector), supporting clients in the strategic management of their property portfolios.
Her expertise includes disputes spanning development-related issues, forfeiture, trespass and possession claims, title, rights of way, exclusivity agreements, and restrictive covenants, alongside 1954 Act lease renewals, break options, exit strategies, dilapidations, rent reviews, and possession claims.
Examples of Katy’s work include:
- Successfully challenging a landlord’s use of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to recover possession in the High Court.
- Advising on complex opposed lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, including strategic exit arrangements for both landlords and tenants.
- Successfully pursuing specific performance in relation to a mixed-use development project in East London.
- Successfully establishing in the High Court that no public right of way existed over a client’s industrial estate providing access to the Great Tew Estate.