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CAMBRIDGE
CB5 8EU
England
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Kirsteen Durrant
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Work Department
Property Disputes
Position
Partner
Career
Kirsteen is a Partner in the Real Estate Dispute Resolution team.
She acts for commercial and private clients to resolve difficulties in connection with their property assets.
Kirsteen specialises in resolving property disputes and advises private, commercial and public sector clients.
She deals with commercial property matters, such as the termination and renewal of leases under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, break options, the enforcement of leasehold covenants, recovery of rent arrears and dilapidation claims. She also advises on residential matters such as termination and breach of assured or assured shorthold tenancies, enfranchisement and the right of first refusal. Kirsteen has particular expertise in matters that arise in both commercial and residential situations, such nuisance claims, restrictive covenants, adverse possession, rights of way and issues which fetter development schemes.
Kirsteen advocates for clients in Court, represents them mediation and delivers training. She has written articles on Air B&B, Tenant Deposit Schemes and unilateral variation of tenancy agreements for publication and has been quoted in the Guardian. She recently acted for a defendant in successfully dismissing a claim for possession at first instance and on appeal (Clarion Housing Association v Louise Carter [2021] EWHC 2890 (QB)).
Kirsteen is a trained mediator and a member of the Property Litigation Association.
She believes it is a privilege to help people through difficult situations and to lighten some of the burden – whether it be to achieve a commercial objective or to resolve an emotive residential dispute.
Kirsteen spends her spare time with her husband, their three young boys and their dog and, occasionally, she fits in some art or embroidery.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Real estate > Property litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Ashtons Legal is ‘professional, efficient, capable and communicative‘, and handles a broad range of issues concerning restrictive covenants, easements, and adverse possession claims. Head of disputes Tom Bailey in Norwich oversees the work of the property litigation practice, in which Cambridge’s Kirsteen Durrant is the key practitioner after the departure of former practice head Nigel Maguire to Roythornes Solicitors. The ‘absolutely outstanding‘ Durrant, who joined from Spencer West LLP, is a trained mediator with vast expertise in commercial lease disputes, breaches of covenants, and rights of first refusal. Senior associate Annabel Mayer in Bury St Edmunds also plays a key role in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners East Anglia > Real estate > Property litigation
- Property litigation East Anglia > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia