Elly is a planning and development risk solicitor with a particular focus on rights of light, neighbourly matters and planning litigation. She acts for national house builders, housing associations and a range of other land owners.
Having qualified in early October 2019, Elly undertook seats in our Real Estate, Construction and Corporate & Commercial teams before qualifying into the Planning and Development Risk team having experienced much of the “development life-cycle” during her training contract
Recent Experience:
- Assisting with rights of light risk mitigation strategy for various house builders, housing associations and financial institutions
- Acting for landowners to serve light obstruction notices on neighbouring buildings
- Assisting with advice for various clients in relation to rights of way and prescriptive easements in the context of development
- Assisting with providing advice to clients on Freedom of Information Act requests
- Assisting with a judicial review application made by a high net worth individual in the successful challenge to the grant of planning permission
- Assisting with adverse possession claim for an individual against a neighbouring owner in the context of plans to developing the land being possessed
Career Experience
2021 to present: Associate, Winckworth Sherwood
2019 to 2021: Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood
2017 to 2019: Trainee Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood