Sophie Oakes (she/her) LLB (Hons)

I can help you with:

• acquisition and disposal of land, including rural property and development land
• overage and clawback arrangements
• division or partition of land
• rights, covenants and easements
• first registration applications
• security work, including lending and refinancing of rural property.

My experience includes:

• advising on the sale of development land to a national housebuilder subject to high-value overage arrangements, works licence agreements and a farm business tenancy whilst preserving future development potential of the client’s retained land
• obtaining absolute title in a complex first registration application where title deeds had been lost
• partitioning of a development site, ensuring each plot benefits from the necessary rights
• I am a member of the Country Landowners Association (CLA).