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Lauren Fraser

Senior Associate

Lauren specialises in property related disputes with a focus on commercial and residential landlord and tenant issues and leasehold enfranchisement.

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About

Lauren’s practice includes all aspects of residential property disputes with particular expertise in leasehold enfranchisement, acting for one of the largest London estates as well as other landlords and leaseholders. Lauren also advises landlords and management companies in relation to service charges disputes, breaches of the lease and other management issues.

Lauren also has extensive commercial experience in opposed and unopposed lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, dilapidations and other issues arising from disrepair, forfeiture and break notices.

Lauren is co-lead of the Essential Residential hub, offering expert insight and advice into residential property matters. Lauren write regularly for the legal press, including the Estates Gazette and the Property Law Journal. She is ranked as a “Recommended Lawyer” in the Legal 500.

Lauren is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Acting for a major London Estate in connection with a multi-million pound claim under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1967
  • Acting for a major London landlord in an opposed lease renewal under section 30(1)(f) and (g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 which was resolved on favourable terms after a mediation
  • Advising one of the largest privately held pub operators in the UK in connection with the property management of their portfolio of over 4000 sites

Our thinking

  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: Government launches consultation to switch on provisions relating to estate management charges

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Property Patter: Top 5 Changes under the new Renters’ Rights Act 2025

    Lauren Fraser

    Podcasts

  • Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What is the Government’s roadmap for implementation?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Property Week quotes Lauren Fraser on a leasehold ruling that potentially leaves the reform agenda in limbo

    Lauren Fraser

    In The Press

  • Renters’ Rights and Build to Rent: Top 5 key changes operators and investors need to know about

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Renters’ Rights and Student Accommodation: What is the latest as the Act obtains Royal Assent?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Essential Residential: What is the latest on Renters’ Rights and Leasehold Reform?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • The Renters' Rights Bill: The Finish Line is in Sight

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • The final stages of the Renters’ Rights Bill

    Bella Preece

    Quick Reads

  • Lauren Fraser and Laura Bushaway write for Estates Gazette on the Decent Homes Standard

    Lauren Fraser

    In The Press

  • Investors' Chronicle quotes Hannah Catt and Lauren Fraser on what to consider when buying a flat

    Hannah Catt

    In The Press

  • 2025 Half-Year Review: Great Estates and the Shifting Legal Landscape

    Cara Imbrailo

    Insights

  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: Government publishes response to permitted insurance fees consultation

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Government launches consultation on “switching on” provisions regulating service charges and estate management charges in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • Government launches consultation on extending Decent Homes Standard to private rented sector

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Renters’ Rights Bill and the Build to Rent Sector: Where are we now?

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • Renters’ Rights Bill and PBSAs: Where are we now?

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • Michael O'Connor and Lauren Fraser write for Property Week on the impact of the Building Safety Act on residential property management

    Michael O'Connor

    In The Press

  • The Path to Commonhold is Set in Stone by the Government: What do landlords and developers need to know about the Government’s White Paper on Commonhold?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: Provisions changing qualifying criteria for right to manage will come into force on 3 March 2025

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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