Stephanie Newton

Senior Associate
Helping clients navigate complex property disputes with clarity and confidence.
Helping clients navigate complex property disputes with clarity and confidence.

About

Stephanie specialises in contentious property matters, offering expert advice to both businesses and individuals in relation to commercial and residential property.

She joined Stevens & Bolton in 2017, bringing experience from a leading UK law firm. Stephanie excels in landlord and tenant issues, including business lease renewals, forfeiture, break rights, and dilapidations as well as real property issues.

Stephanie is dedicated to overcoming legal obstacles and enabling clients to move forward with their plans. She provides pragmatic, commercial solutions to property disputes for commercial clients and instils confidence when leading private clients through their residential property claims. Her experience encompasses court litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including expert determination, arbitration, and mediation.

Expertise
Franchising Real estate disputes

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Successfully advising on a business relocation strategy, ensuring compliance with break conditions, and managing the renewal and termination of 1954 Act protected tenancies;
    • Settling a substantial dilapidations claim involving multiple commercial properties, achieving a favorable outcome for the client;
    • Representing a major UK restaurant chain in connection with a statutory noise abatement notice, mitigating potential business disruption;
    • Advising a commercial occupier on the impact of new telecoms regulations on existing agreements, ensuring seamless compliance;
    • Guiding a residential property portfolio holder on the landlord’s obligations to consult on major works, fostering trust and compliance;
    • Defending an application to register a prescriptive easement over development land, protecting the client’s interests.
  • Qualifications and recognition

    Qualified solicitor with extensive experience in contentious property law.

    Recognised for excellence in landlord and tenant disputes.

    Published articles on property law and dispute resolution.

  • Successfully advising on a business relocation strategy, ensuring compliance with break conditions, and managing the renewal and termination of 1954 Act protected tenancies;
  • Settling a substantial dilapidations claim involving multiple commercial properties, achieving a favorable outcome for the client;
  • Representing a major UK restaurant chain in connection with a statutory noise abatement notice, mitigating potential business disruption;
  • Advising a commercial occupier on the impact of new telecoms regulations on existing agreements, ensuring seamless compliance;
  • Guiding a residential property portfolio holder on the landlord’s obligations to consult on major works, fostering trust and compliance;
  • Defending an application to register a prescriptive easement over development land, protecting the client’s interests.

Qualified solicitor with extensive experience in contentious property law.

Recognised for excellence in landlord and tenant disputes.

Published articles on property law and dispute resolution.

‘Let’s make it happen’ means empowering clients to overcome legal challenges and achieve their goals with confidence and clarity.

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