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Lara is a Partner with the Real Estate Disputes team specialising in real estate disputes, landlord and tenant issues, rent and service charge recovery, forfeiture, possession, contested (and unopposed) lease renewals, breaches of lease covenants including dilapidations, and applications for consent.
Lara’s specialism includes defective premises, boundary disputes, rights of way, right of light, party wall awards as well as real estate related professional negligence, rectification and misrepresentation claims.
‘Lara Nyman is an excellent communicator, who understands not only her role but that of the other parties (clients, experts etc) who are involved in her caseload. she is a dynamic individual who is an asset to Seddons!’
Lara’s clients include landlords, tenants, developers, hoteliers, property owners, investors, management agents and professionals. Lara has considerable experience in ADR including mediation and adjudication and advises on non-litigious ways of resolving potential disputes as well as conducting cases in the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Courts Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Lara is a member of the Property Litigation Association and a committee member of the Education and Training committee of the PLA.
Lara is a member of various organisations:
PLA member of Education and Training Committee and Website Committee (and former member of the Education and Training Committee)
Women in Property.
NAWIC (national association of women in construction).
2019 – Present | Seddons, Partner
2014 – 2019 | Howard Kennedy LLP, Partner
2013 – 2014 | CKFT, Partner
2009 – 2013 | CKFT, Senior Associate
2000 – 2009 | Collyer Bristow, Solicitor and Senior Associate Solicitor
1999 – 2000 | Grower Freeman & Goldberg, Solicitor
1997 – 1999 | Epstein, Grower and Michael Freeman Solicitors, Trainee Solicitor
Acting for a freehold owner in respect of a substantial claim for structural damage as a result of a major redevelopment.
Advising developer and freehold owner on rights of way and nuisance.
Advising on complex service charge disputes.
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