Kay qualified as a solicitor in 1990. She joined the Oxford office of Bower Bailey in 2008 and was made a partner in 2015. She specialises in all areas of residential (freehold and leasehold) and commercial property law.

Kay is highly regarded for her prompt, diligent and friendly approach and much of her work comes from recommendations from previous clients.

Areas of expertise:

  • Residential purchases, including new builds, right to buy, help to buy (including Help to Buy ISAs) and shared ownerships.
  • Residential sales, including probate sales
  • Re-mortgages
  • Lease extensions
  • Collective enfranchisement
  • Right to manage
  • Declarations of trust
  • Transfers of equity
  • Transfers of part of titles/ purchase of garden land and splitting titles
  • Granting long leases of flats from converted freehold properties
  • Negotiating amendments to restrictive covenants and removal of restrictive covenants
  • First registrations of unregistered land
  • Commercial property matters including grant, renewal, and purchase (assignment) of commercial leases
  • Purchase of commercial freehold premises
  • Purchase of dental practices

Recent work:

  • Acted in the purchase of a number of new build properties which included renegotiating the terms of the transfer deed.
  • Acted for a client re-mortgaging a portfolio of properties which were a mix of freehold and leasehold, residential and commercial.
  • Acted for a developer who had converted a house to flats, including drafting leases for the flats, setting up a management company, transferring the freehold title to the management company and issuing shares to the new flat owners.
  • Acted for purchasers of a number of high value properties in London and in Oxfordshire
  • Acted for flat owners who collectively purchased the freehold of the building in which their flats are situated, drafting and granting new 999 year leases to the flat owners.

Personal interests:

As well as spending time relaxing with her family Kay enjoys cycling and has participated in a number of charity bike rides over distances of 50 – 100 miles. She is also a keen runner and regularly participates in 10k races and half marathons.