Background.
Sophie has worked in property law since 2016 and qualified as a solicitor in 2020 from a leading regional firm in the South East. After joining Britton and Time Solicitors upon qualification, Sophie has worked across a range of private residential and commercial landlord and tenant issues.
Sophie specialises in assisting portfolio landlords manage their tenants and ensuring they, and their supporting teams, meet their legal obligations.
A member of the Property Litigation Association and the hostess of the Property Professionals Lunch, Sophie is a prominent member of the property sectors in London and Brighton, and a vocal advocate of helping landlords understand their obligations under the Renters’ Rights Act.
As a Director at the firm, Sophie oversees the Property Litigation and Immigration departments.
Areas of law:
- Residential landlord and tenant disputes
- Eviction and possession proceedings
- Adverse possession claims
- Boundary disputes
- Misrepresentation and rectification claims
- Reconstitutions of title
- Freehold and service charge disputes
- Forfeiture and relief from forfeiture
- Dilapidation claims
- Discharge and enforcement of restrictive covenants
- TOLATA and beneficial interest claims
- Drafting residential and commercial leases
Sophie holds a degree in Law from the Open University.
She completed her Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the University of Guildford before going on to qualify as a solicitor at what is now Taylor Rose Solicitors.
Advised a landlord of multiple HMOs on the eviction of tenants under Section 8 on nuisance grounds, breaches of license including use of the properties as brothels, social disturbances and repeated illegal activities.
Successfully evicted a tenant under Section 21 on behalf of a client whose property was irregularly occupied, while securing costs above the standard fixed cost award for the client.
Successfully claimed mesne profits at market rate on behalf of an estate executor where the beneficiaries improperly occupied the property of the deceased.
Successfully negotiated a resolution to a neighbour dispute where the neighbour had carried out faulty works leading to a private nuisance and loss of enjoyment for Sophie’s client.
Advised a client on the forfeiture of a large commercial property in the context of COVID, with questions over enforceability of the terms of the lease and whether or not it was void at law, while under the restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus Act 2020 and against a highly aggressive tenant.
Successfully enforced the terms of a verbal contract with an option to purchase at a fixed price on behalf of the prospective purchaser, on grounds of unjust enrichment and quantum meruit.
Advised multiple clients who were considering moving forward on claims for adverse possession on the merits of their potential claim, successfully saving them thousands of pounds.
