Donna Stevens

My Approach

I believe in advising clients on realistic outcomes to their dispute and then working together to achieve early settlement. I have a thorough, empathetic and considered approach to a client’s case.

Area of Expertise

• All forms of commercial and residential landlord and tenant leasehold property disputes
• Commercial business lease renewals
• Termination of tenancies
• Trespass to land
• Easements (including rights of way, rights to light etc)
• Adverse possession claims
• Boundary disputes
• Restrictive covenants
• Nuisance claims
• Contractual disputes
• Negligence claims

Recent Work

• Acting for the residents’ association of a large estate in an application to vary historic restrictive freehold covenants
• Acting for the management company of a large block of flats in relation to variation of leases, service charge disputes and rent arrears
• Acting for residential leaseholders in applications to purchase the freehold, extensions of leases and management of their property.
• Advising commercial landlords and tenants in relation to rent and service charge disputes, dilapidations claims, termination and possession claims to include forfeiture, break notices, claims against guarantors or former tenants
• Advising on a large number of boundary disputes
• Advising in relation to all aspects of property ownership to include rights of way and rights to light, trespass and nuisance claims, adverse possession claims, enforcing or varying restrictive covenants
• Commercial and private contractual disputes
• Negligence claims including professional negligence cases.

Professional Associations & Qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor in November 1999
• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
• Ranked in Chambers & Partners (UK 2023) for Litigation - "In multiparty cases against difficult opponents they have kept impressive control of where the case is going."
• Recommended Department by The Legal 500 (UK 2016) for Commercial Litigation.