(Residential)

• Possession proceedings.
• Disrepair.
• Discrimination.
• Tenancy deposit claims.
• Service charge disputes.

Steph has a background in personal injury and costs litigation. She is regularly instructed to draft pleadings and advise on procedure, liability, quantum, limitation, and costs.

• Road Traffic Accidents.
• Employers' liability.
• Occupiers' liability.
• Public liability.
• Clinical Negligence.

Steph has a particular interest in property disputes arising from co-ownership, and is able to draft pleadings, advise on pre-action protocol, Part 8 and Part 7 procedure, and offers to settle under Part 36.

Steph has significant experience advising and representing victims and survivors of domestic abuse in property disputes, as well as associated applications for protective orders.

In addition, Steph has experience of the following:

• Transfers of tenancy.
• Applications to rectify the Land Register.
• Charging orders.
• Disputes over ownership of chattels (including pets).
• Unjust enrichment claims.
• Proprietary estoppel.
• Drafting declarations of ownership.
• Applications under Section 2, Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970.
• Registering and challenging restrictions and charges.
• Disputes surrounding the ownership of outbuildings, such as annexes/log cabins, etc.
• Permitted developments.
• Lawful development certificates.
• Enforcement.
• Applications to vary.
• Enforcement.
• Appeals.

• Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
• Construction of wills and trusts deeds.
• Challenges to wills.
• Objections to accounts.
• Tax planning relating to inheritance, trusts and VAT.
• Trustee and beneficiary disputes.