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Laura Woodward

Senior Associate

What can I do for you

Laura is an Associate in our real estate disputes team. Laura advises commercial landlords and tenants as well as institutions in the education sector on a variety of contentious property matters including contested and uncontested lease renewals, dilapidations, recovering arrears and forfeiture.  

Laura has also advised clients and insurers on matters affecting properties such as adverse possession claims, enforceability of restrictive covenants as well as advising clients on council tax liability and working within the team's growing business rates practice.

Supporting your ambitions

Laura has worked with clients in a variety of situations including:

  • As part of a team which secured an interim injunction (after an emergency injunction had already been obtained) to protect our clients' property interest.
  • As part of the team which represented several ratepayers in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) regarding their business rates liability.
  • Advising a university in respect of its dilapidations liability across several of its properties.
  • Preparing and serving break notices and notices under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 for both corporate landlords and tenants as well as universities.
  • Securing possession of a property for a corporate client when several residential licences were in place.

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Real estate

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