Bio
Lauren is a Disputes Partner.
Lauren specialises in advising private individuals, landlords, tenants, farming businesses, claimants, defendants, executors, trustees, blue-chip companies, and regional and national companies across a range of property litigation, and contentious trust, probate matters.
Her expertise spans all types of property disputes including possession claims (residential, squatters and trespassers); commercial and residential disputes concerning legal ownership; adverse possession claims; forfeiture; disputes relating to easements and restrictive covenants; contested and uncontested lease renewal claims; dilapidations claims; boundary disputes; and right of way disputes’ and Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies and agricultural land disputes.
A member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), Lauren also advises on probate disputes including challenges to the validity and constructions of wills; claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975; and disputes between beneficiaries and estate executors and applications to remove executors or trustees.
She also has experience dealing with claims arising from professional negligence involving solicitors.
Examples of Lauren’s work include:
- Advising on, and settling, a multi-million pound mineral trespass claim.
- Settling a six-figure dilapidation claim in favour of our landlord client in relation to complex roofing repairs.
- Advising on, and settling, an Inheritance Act claim – successfully achieving a clean-break scenario and a six-figure cash settlement.
- Advising on, and settling, a professional negligence claim against a financial adviser whose failure to set up a trust had resulted in a significant Inheritance Tax liability for the deceased’s estate.