Practice Areas
Expertise
Commercial
Lynsey Newman specialises in all aspects of property litigation – providing expert advice to developers, investors, landlords and tenants of commercial. She advises and represents landlords and tenants in relation to business lease renewals, rent reviews, forfeiture, dilapidations and contract terminations as well as a wide range of general obligations inherent in the landlord and tenant relationship.
Lynsey advises landowners and developers on an equally broad range of issues including the removal/enforcement of restrictive covenants, claims for adverse possession and general disputes on title.
Residential
Lynsey advises on residential tenancies to include short term and long residential leases. This includes possession actions, recovery of rent arrears and service charges and long lease extensions and collective enfranchisement. Clients include managing agents, investors, and housing associations.
Key Experience and Clients
Lynsey Newman successfully represented Mokoko, a St Albans based bar, over a noise nuisance claim in October 2008. This ruling could provide protection to other businesses against complaints of a similar nature.
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Professional Memberships
- Property Litigation Association
Career History
- 2007: Associate, SA Law
- 2005: Solicitor, SA Law
- 2002: Solicitor, Pictons Solicitors
- 2002: Qualified, Pictons Solicitors
- 2000: Trainee, Prince Evans
Articles and Publications
- Commercial Property: Proprietary Estoppel as a form of relief - September 2006
- Squatters Rights may be a Breach of Human Rights - May 2006
- SA Law Litigation Guide - Dealing with a Small Claim - May 2006
- Is forfeiture really an option to a landlord of a long residential lease? - January 2006