Profile
Work Department
Position
Kate is a Partner in the Real Estate Disputes Team.
Kate is a property litigator who adopts an advisory and dispute resolution role, as well as a litigious one, on a wide variety of high profile real estate disputes.
Kate deals with various breaches of leasehold covenants, including dilapidations, service charges, applications for consent to assign/underlet/alter, rent reviews and other landlord and tenant issues. She also deals with contractual and development disputes, including specific performance claims, injunctions, rights to light, restrictive covenant issues, joint venture disputes, party wall act disputes and the redevelopment of business premises. In her time, Kate has also dealt with some boundary disputes, and is now dealing with a number of cases regarding business rates and the complexities of the statutory exemptions and reliefs.
Kate acts on high profile real estate disputes for clients including high net worth individuals, property funds and developers. She is a keen advocate of alternative dispute resolution and has been able to settle a number of complex legal dispute at mediation or by without prejudice discussions. Clients describe Kate as an extremely talented property litigator, who goes the extra mile for her clients, finding a solution to every problem.
Career
Trained Nabarros LLP; qualified 2003; associate Nabarro LLP; partner Browne Jacobson LLP 2011-2014; partner Hamlins LLP 2014 to date. Publications of note: property law journal, estates gazette, butterworths costs journal, solicitors journal.
Memberships
Education
Kate attended Brunel University and Nottingham Law School.
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Testimonials
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‘The team at Hamlins is amazing. They are incredibly efficient, supportive and proactive. I have always been very satisfied and grateful to them for their kind assistance over the years when acting on our behalf and on behalf of some of our clients. They are friendly, down-to-earth and very experienced. Always a very positive experience working with them.’
‘The word individuals describes the difference. Such lovely people. I always feel in safe hands when dealing with them and have worked with several members of the team over the years on differing matters. I am very happy to recommend them.’
'Kate Andrews is a force of nature. She demonstrates relentless pursuit of the client's objectives, leaving no stone unturned and unapologetic about keeping up the pressure till she gets what she wants.’
‘The team have bucketloads of experience, know-how, commitment and creativity. Their clients are never in any doubt that their lawyers are working full pelt to get the best outcome possible for them.’
‘Kate Andrews - a phenomenally hard worker, always firing on all cylinders, she never stops and is always thinking strategy and outcomes alongside everything else.'
‘A wide variety of support, even where the principal is unavailable. Great collaboration when working on legal proceedings with simple methods of draft documents being circulated for input.’
Key clients
- 10M Group Limited 21 Upper Brook Street Limited 3SIXTY Restaurants Limited 78 Wigmore Street Funding Co. Limited 'A & A' Self-Storage LTD Abbey Commercial Ltd ACE Rent A Van Limited Acemark Properties Limited Aesthetic Clinic Harrow Ltd Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc Allan Properties Limited Allvest Company Limited Antipodean (UK) Limited Aqua Trust Company Limited and Aqua Nominees Limited Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Little Flyers Ltd Ashtead Estates Limited Avida (London) Limited Azure Services Ltd & Azure Resorts Ltd Bahagia Investments Limited Bakerloo Limited Bass Orthodontics Limited Basura Restaurants Limited Beavor Lane LLP Bedford Arcade Properties Limited Berger Crest Investments Limited Bikem Limited Blackraven Developments Ltd Blenheim Estates Limited Bluestone Estates Mayfair Limited Brindley House RTM Company Limited