Work Department

Property litigation

Position

Practice is exclusively in the field of real property and related areas, with an emphasis on landlord and tenant, particularly leasehold enfranchisement and the legal issues faced by property developers. Recent cases include: Grosvenor Estates Ltd v Prospect Estates Ltd [2009] 1 WLR 1313 (CA) (leasehold enfranchisement); Cascades and Quayside Ltd v Cascades Freehold Limited [2008] L&TR 23 (CA) (leasehold enfranchisement); Cawthorne v Hamdan [2007] Ch 187 (CA) (leasehold enfranchisement); 9 Cornwall Crescent London Ltd v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2006] 1 WLR 1186 (CA) (leasehold enfranchisement) (CA); Arrowdell v Coniston Court (North) Hove Ltd [2007] RVR 39 (powers of the lands tribunal on appeals). Co-author of ‘Service Charges and Management: Law and Practice’ (Sweet & Maxwell).

Education

Kew High School, Melbourne, Australia; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia BEc LLB.