Claire joined Bower Bailey in 2021 as a Senior Associate. Claire heads up the Swindon litigation and dispute resolution team.
Claire qualified as a Solicitor in 2003 and since qualification has specialised in civil litigation and dispute resolution.
Claire has extensive experience in resolving civil disputes for individuals, businesses, partnerships, landed estates, farmers and rural landowners.
Claire always ensures that she provides a pragmatic and solution-focussed approach and aims to resolve her clients’ disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
In addition, Claire is also a committee member of the Wiltshire Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution charity (R.A.B.I).
Areas of expertise:
- Consumer and commercial contract disputes
- Company and director disputes
- Contentious probate – defending and bringing claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) 1975, contesting the validity of Wills
- Professional negligence disputes
- Residential property disputes, including residential possession proceedings, boundary disputes, definitive map modifications, claims for trespass, breach of covenants and easements.
- Commercial property disputes to include lease renewals, dilapidation claims, advising commercial landlords and developers on forfeiture and peaceable re-entry, relief from forfeiture, service charge disputes and rent arrears
- Co-habitation disputes and claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA)
- Debt recovery
- Employment law – settlement agreements
Recent work:
- Successfully defending a claim brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) 1975
- Acted on behalf of clients in a breach of share sale agreement, involving commercial litigation
- Acted on behalf of client in a co-habitation dispute following the breakdown of their relationship and bringing a claim under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA)
- Acting for a landowner in a definitive map change matter and submitting representations to the local authority.
- Representing estate landlords and obtaining vacant possession of properties let under Rent Act tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies
- Defending a breach of trust claim
Personal interests:
Outside of the office Claire enjoys gardening and any type of exercise, which mainly involves taking long walks with her dogs.
