Laura Meers

Laura specialises in property litigation and acts on behalf of both landlords and tenants in commercial and residential matters. Her commercial landlord and tenant experience includes lease forfeiture, break notices, dilapidations claims, rent recovery (including service charges and other sums payable under the lease), opposed and unopposed lease renewals. Laura’s residential landlord and tenant experience includes possession claims, rent recovery (including service charges and other sums payable under the lease), disrepair claims and service charge disputes.

Laura also acts for businesses, individuals and local authorities in other property disputes such as co-ownership disputes, adverse possession claims, boundary disputes, private nuisance claims, trespass claims, party wall disputes and enforcement of covenants.

She has experience of claims in the High Court, County Court and First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). Has also acted for clients in urgent interim injunction applications in both the High Court and County Court.

Examples of Laura’s work include:

• Acting on an urgent interim injunction application concerning a party wall dispute.
• Acting on behalf of a local authority in a possession claim against a trespasser.
• Acting for both landlords and tenants in high-value dilapidations claims and opposed lease renewal claims.
• Acting in a claim against a developer in a private nuisance claim for flooding.
• Advising on complex unjust enrichment and proprietary estoppel claim relating to high-value works carried out by a prospective tenant where the lease did not complete.