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Foot Anstey Offices
White Building
1-4 Cumberland Place
SOUTHAMPTON
SO15 2NP
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Kate New
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Kate is a Partner in our Real Estate Disputes team at Foot Anstey. She has extensive experience across various sectors including retail, telecoms and developers. Kate finds commercial solutions to all manner of disputes concerning clients real estate. She has expertise in telecoms litigation having worked on the key leading test cases. Kate also has considerable experience working on a broad variety of disputes where clients need solutions that will often involve the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Kate also has extensive experience in a range of courts including the Supreme Court.
Kate has a broad range of experience in both private practice and the corporate world following two years in-house at a leading telecoms operator. Kate is dedicated to mitigating the challenges and securing opportunities for businesses within the telecoms space through strategic solutions. She has a particular interest in portfolio work for real estate clients, where solutions need to be tailored to consider not just the subject property but also how it impacts their broader real estate needs.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Real estate > Property litigation
Foot Anstey‘s broad offering covers a wide range of commercial portfolio work, landlord and tenant matters, and land development cases. The firm is noted for its infrastructure disputes work in addition to its experience covering agricultural, residential, and commercial mandates, supported by sub-groups specialising in farms, estates and rural land as well as charity properties. Highly experienced property litigator Kate New leads the practice, with real estate group head Patrick Wetherall also having broad contentious experience. Stephanie Kingdon has expertise in tenant and landlord matters, notably business rates liability claims, and is a key contact for retail and infrastructure sector issues. Managing associate Becki Biscoe is noted for contractual disputes, with Rachel Small assisting developers, telecoms clients and utility companies.
South East > Real estate > Property litigation
The growing Southampton-based team at Foot Anstey was bolstered by the arrival of Helen Dickie and Simon Beetham. Dickie joined the team in January 2024 from an in-house position, contributing her broad expertise in advising institutional landlords and occupational tenants. Beetham joined from Moore Barlow in August 2023, bringing his experience in adverse possession claims and fire safety issues. Described as ‘an exceptional lawyer’ and ‘a legend in the industry’, practice head Kate New is another addition to the firm, having joined from Osborne Clarke LLP in July 2023.