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Laura Bushaway

Knowledge Development Lawyer

Laura is a highly experienced property litigator.

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About

During her 14 years in private practice she regularly dealt with a wide range of residential and commercial property disputes and landlord and tenant matters. Laura supports the knowledge and training needs of lawyers within the Property Litigation group.

Laura is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Acting for a landlord in a contested service charge dispute in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) concerning service charges exceeding £1.4 million.
  • Successful appeal of FTT determination to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) – Wisestates Limited v. Mulji (2009).
  • Acting for a landlord in relation to a prime building in London where the tenant had breached the terms of their lease in having failed to clad the external walls of the building and sub-let the flats without obtaining landlord’s consent. The estimated cost of cladding was £400,000.
  • Dealing with contested proceedings to obtain a declaration that the subject property was a house within the meaning of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
  • Issuing proceedings for emergency injunctive relief against the tenant of a commercial unit who had undertaken structural works without landlord’s consent and placed the safety of the building and neighbouring properties at risk.

Our thinking

  • What Do Landlords Need to Know About the New ‘Register Your Rental Property’ Service?

    Lauren Fraser

    Insights

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  • Laura Bushaway and Helena Cullwick write in Solicitors Journal about preparing for the private rented sector database

    Laura Bushaway

    In The Press

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  • What could the Law Commission’s proposals on the rights of first refusal mean for office occupiers?

    David Haines

    Insights

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  • Summer 2026 Update: Where are we are on the Government’s roadmap to Commonhold?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: New consultations on valuation and legal costs of enfranchisement and lease extension claims

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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  • Leasehold Reform; Government responds to consultation on service charge regulation

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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  • Competing Land Uses and the Relationship Between Nuisance and Negligence: Key Lessons from Thomas v Nicholas [2026] EWCA Civ 847

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

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  • High Court interprets repair covenant in Hotel lease and statutory fire safety obligations

    Chandni Pandya

    Insights

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  • The Supreme Court is due to hear an important appeal about the interpretation of RTM legislation

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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  • Solving renters’ rights conundrums

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

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  • Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill: Where are we now?

    Lauren Fraser

    Insights

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  • Lauren Fraser and Laura Bushaway write for Housing Today on what the Renters Rights Act means for build-to-rent and PBSA operators

    Lauren Fraser

    In The Press

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  • Laura Bushaway contributes to a Legal Q&A in Estates Gazette, outlining steps to be taken in anticipation of the Renters' Rights Act

    Laura Bushaway

    In The Press

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  • Renters’ Rights Act 2025: Ready, set, go!

    Lauren Fraser

    Quick Reads

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  • Are WhatsApp messages sufficient to transfer an interest in property?

    Emma Preece

    Quick Reads

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  • Clarification given by the Court of Appeal on rights of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

    Natalie Deuchar

    Insights

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  • Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What landlords need to know about the deadlines for the Information Sheet and New Forms

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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  • The RICS Residential Service Charge Code gets an overhaul: What are 5 key changes?

    Chandni Pandya

    Quick Reads

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  • RICS Property Journal features an article by Lauren Fraser and Laura Bushaway on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill

    Laura Bushaway

    In The Press

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  • The Court of Appeal is hearing an important appeal about balancing competing land uses

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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