About
Emma also deals with land registration disputes (including rectification and boundary determination claims), and on a range of landlord and tenant matters such as lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, possession claims, rent arrears and service charge recovery, and breach of covenant disputes. Emma also advises on all issues which arise on lease termination such as dilapidations and the exercise of break clauses (including the validity of break notices, and compliance with break conditions), and property insolvency related disputes.
Emma’s clients include large corporations, developers, commercial and residential landlords and tenants, large estate owners and high-net-worth individuals.
Emma is ranked as an ‘Associate to watch’ by Chambers and Partners 2025 and as a ‘Leading Associate’ by the Legal 500 2025. Emma is also a member of the Property Litigation Association.
Experience
- Advising on behalf of a large independent UK consultancy specialising in pensions and investments in relation to terminating the leases of its registered offices by way of numerous break notices served in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong and London.
- Assisted in obtaining vacant possession of land occupied by a tenant by succession under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 to be developed into an energy park.
- Successfully defended an application to acquire a title to unregistered land on the basis of adverse possession which was legally owned by a large landed-estate and subject to planning permission to be developed into a mixed-use community development.
- Advising on various boundary matters and advised on a boundary dispute for a retirement village which concerned acts of trespass and encroachment upon a right of way, which were ultimately settled shortly prior to trial.
- Regularly advises on property insolvency in the landlord and tenant context and recently acted for a large landed-estate in the recovery of sums due to following the administration of their tenant, a national retailer.
