Practice Summary
Katie was called to the bar in 2009 by Lincoln’s Inn. She joined Landmark Chambers in September 2010 after successfully completing her 12 month pupillage in chambers. Her pupil supervisors were Camilla Lamont, Reuben Taylor, Dan Kolinsky and Toby Watkin. Katie accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work and has a particular interest in property, planning and environmental and rating.
Property
Katie regularly appears in both residential and commercial possession actions including cases under the Mobile Homes Act 1984, forfeiture, service charges and mortgage proceedings. She also has experiences of injunctions in both the county court and in the High Court in relation to student protests (led by Katharine Holland QC) (School of Oriental and African Studies v Persons Unknown [2010] 49 E.G 78 - for further information please click here).
Katie recently appeared (as a junior to Katharine Holland QC) in an 8 day trial involving issues of forfeiture, breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment, derogation from grant, non reliance clauses, nuisance, breach of contract, misrepresentation, rescission, affirmation and rectification.
Katie accepts instructions to advise and draft on all aspects of real property matters and landlord and tenant disputes including commercial and residential landlord and tenant, service charges, disrepair, tenancy deposit schemes, assignment of leases, enfranchisement, easements, restrictive covenants, land registration and nuisance,
She has also given a joint talk to a CBA seminar on competition law and covenants.
Planning & Environmental Law
Since joining Chambers Katie has gained experience in many areas of planning and environmental law.
In particular Katie has been instructed to appear at planning inquiries on behalf of both the Local Planning Authority and Appellants including enforcement notice appeals, a certificate of existing lawful use appeal and a planning inquiry relating to a residential children’s home. Katie has also been instructed to defend planning related prosecutions in the criminal courts.
She also undertakes advisory work on a wide range of topics within this area and recently produced a joint talk on Compensation and HS2.
Public Law
Katie undertakes a wide range of public law work and has a particular interest in rating. She has appeared in cases before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and advises on and drafts grounds for immigration cases and has experience of clerking for education transfer appeals.
Katie graduated with an LLB European (Hons first class) from the University of Exeter and a Master en Droit Européen (first class) from the University of Rennes in 2008. Katie was awarded the AP Langlois Prize, the prize for French and German Law and the Paul Heim Prize in 2008.
Katie completed the Bar Vocational Course (outstanding) at BPP in 2009. She received the Lincoln’s Inn Lord Denning and Harwicke scholarships during her BVC year and a pupillage scholarship.
Katie is a member of the Property Bar Association. She is also an ADR group accredited mediator.
There are no inquiries available.
08 Nov 2010
All 'land agreements are soon to be the subject of competition law. A new competition law mindset therefore needs to be adopted by those involved in advising, negotiating or litigating on such agreements.
