Dispute Resolution

Lara is a Partner with the Dispute Resolution team specialising in property disputes, including landlord and tenant (both residential and commercial) rent and service charge recovery, forfeiture and possession claims, contested (and unopposed) lease renewals, enfranchisement and a variety of breaches of leasehold covenants including dilapidations and service charge disputes, applications for consent and other issues arising out of the terms of a lease. Lara’s specialism includes defective premises, boundary disputes, rights of way, right of light, party wall awards as well as real estate related professional negligence, rectification and misrepresentation claims, specific performance and real estate related insolvency.

Lara’s clients include landlords, tenants, developers, hoteliers, property owners, investors, management agents and professionals.

Lara has considerable experience in ADR including mediation and adjudication and advises on non-litigious ways of resolving potential disputes as well as conducting cases in the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Courts across the country, the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal and the Property Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal.

Lara is a member of the Property Litigation Association and a committee member of the Education and Training committee of the PLA.

2019 - Present | Seddons, Partner 2014 - 2019 | Howard Kennedy LLP, Partner 2013 - 2014 | CKFT, Partner 2009 - 2013 | CKFT, Senior Associate 2000 - 2009 | Collyer Bristow, Solicitor and Senior Associate Solicitor 1999 - 2000 | Grower Freeman & Goldberg, Solicitor 1997 - 1999 | Epstein, Grower and Michael Freeman Solicitors, Trainee Solicitor