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Author
Alison Oakes
Job title and company
Associate Member, Landmark Chambers
Section and channel
Biography

Alison Oakes specialises in all forms of property law, both residential and commercial. Her residential work currently centres around leasehold enfranchisement and she has considerable experience in the leasehold valuation tribunal. In the county court Alison regularly appears for both tenants and landlords. Alison also does a significant number of boundary disputes which, mindful of the costs involved, she generally attempts to mediate. Alison undertakes all forms of commercial property work, with an emphasis on dilapidations. Her expertise in planning and highways makes her advice of great value to developers who require a holistic approach in relation to cases spanning more than one area of the law. Alison has advised on a number of planning enquiries. She has appeared before the Adjudicator to the Land Registry in highway matters, boundary disputes and application to fix the line of boundaries.

Company biography

Landmark Chambers is a leading chambers in the UK offering integrated advocacy and advice in four key areas: planning, public, property and environmental. Ranked as the number one Planning and Environmental Chambers in the UK by the top legal directories, it is also consistently regarded as one of the leading sets in its other two main areas of work: property law and public/administrative law. Landmark Chambers comprises 72 barristers (of whom 21 are QCs) who specialise in planning, property, environmental and public law. A number of members sit as Deputy High Court Judges, Recorders and act as Arbitrators, Experts and Mediators. Landmark’s barristers act for the private and public sectors including government departments, statutory bodies, local authorities, companies, landowners, interest groups and individuals.