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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

  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: provisions removing two-year qualifying criteria for certain lease extensions and freehold purchases in force

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Building Safety: What’s in store for 2025?

    Michael O'Connor

    Insights

  • Planning law changes will be a key theme for strategic land and regeneration in 2025

    Suzi Gatward

    Insights

  • 2025 will see a significant legal disruptor to the Living Sector

    Francis Ho

    Insights

  • Great Estates: What property law developments are expected in 2025?

    Cara Imbrailo

    Insights

  • Property Patter: What lies ahead for property law in 2025?

    Emma Humphreys

    Podcasts

  • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - Government opens consultation on permitted insurance fees

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Landlords and Tenants receive a pre-Christmas update from the Government on its plans for Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

    Lauren Fraser

    Quick Reads

  • The Labour Government intends to regulate property agents

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Renters’ Rights Bill: Top ten key changes for landlords and tenants

    Bella Stuart-Bourne

    Insights

  • Renters’ Rights Bill: The abolition of the fixed term tenancy and its impact on PBSAs

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • Renters’ Rights Bill: Impact on the Build to Rent Sector

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • Supreme Court gives guidance on errors in statutory notices concerning property

    Laura Bushaway

    Insights

  • What did the King’s Speech say about reform of leasehold and the private rented sector?

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • The Conservative and Labour Manifestos and Renters Reform: Focus on Build to Rent and Student Accommodation

    Lauren Fraser

    Insights

  • The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill gains Royal Assent

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • Second reading of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill in the House of Lords

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

  • House of Lords calls for property agent regulation

    Laura Bushaway

    Quick Reads

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