Kate Church

Service area(s): Disputes & Litigation, Commercial Property, Property Litigation

Office: Cambridge

Position:Solicitor

Telephone:01223 461155

Email:katechurch@hewitsons.com

Overview:

Kate is a Senior Solicitor in the Property Litigation Team.

Experience:

Kate advises on a wide range of property issues and disputes, both freehold and all aspects of Landlord and Tenant law (both commercial and residential) including dilapidations, enfranchisement/extended leases and agricultural tenancies. 

Working closely with the Property and Agricultural Teams she has considerable expertise in advising on complex title issues, easements (including rights of access and rights of light), covenants, contract disputes, adverse possession and positively relishes the unusual and esoteric – take the case of the missing sixteenth century landlord...

She has dealt with cases at all levels, both through alternative dispute resolution and the Courts, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, the Lands Tribunal (including applications to discharge/modify restrictive covenants) and before the Land Registry Adjudicator, covering the length and breadth of England and Wales from Teesside to Cornwall and the Solway Firth to the Solent. 

Background:

Kate read history at the University of York before completing the CPE and Law Society finals (first class) at the College of Law Chester.  She joined Wild Hewitson & Shaw in 1987 and, on completing training, qualified into the Litigation Team in 1989.  She is a member of the Property Litigation Association.