Bio
Elizabeth is a Real Estate Disputes Partner.
Elizabeth specialises in leasehold enfranchisement matters and acts for both institutional and private clients across the residential property sector. A significant proportion of her work is for the Long Harbour group of companies – where she advises on statutory lease extension claims, collective enfranchisement claims, and freehold acquisition matters involving residential properties across England and Wales.
She also supports on complex enfranchisement issues from initial strategy through to negotiated settlement and Tribunal proceedings where necessary.
Elizabeth advises on individual leaseholders and landlords on statutory lease extensions, freehold acquisition claims and collective enfranchisement matters.
Her wider property dispute experience includes advising on adverse possession claims, trespass, boundary disputes, rights of way, prescriptive easements and proprietary rights matters.
Examples of Elizabeth’s work include:
- Acting for a portfolio of UK-based real estate investment companies on more than 150 large-scale lease extension claims each year.
- Acting for a Trust client in a high-value statutory claim for the freehold of a house where the premium was more than £3 million.
- Acting for a landlord client in several proceedings in the First -Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) for lease extension claims.
- Acting for a landlord client in several proceedings in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in collective enfranchisement claims.
- Successfully defending a landlord client in a claim for costs in under Rule 3 of the Tribunal Procedure (First Tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 relating to the statutory acquisition of the freehold of a house.