Lauren Walker

Associate

Lauren is an Associate Solicitor within our Technical and Complex team and has been with the firm for over 7 years.

Lauren joined JB Leitch following the completion of a Law Degree at the University of Liverpool. Having completed the Legal Practice Course and LLM, her training contract and qualified with the firm, Lauren now handles a property litigation caseload centred on residential property disputes. Lauren’s caseload includes service charge disputes in the First-tier Tribunal and court claims, such as those for breach of covenant or disrepair.

Lauren manages a sub-team dealing predominantly with applications in the First-tier Tribunal, particularly relating to dispensation of s.20 service charge consultation requirements and the reasonableness and payability of service charges under s.27A Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. Lauren’s cases frequently relate to fire and building safety issues and the provision of advice for landlords and management companies relating to service charges. Lauren also advises in relation to a wide range of residential property issues including right to manage and housing disrepair claims.

Lauren has acted in key reported cases relating to the scope of paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to the Building Safety Act 2022 and the limits on the First-tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction to attach conditions to the grant of dispensation, the meaning of contractual reasonableness in the context of service charges, and the statutory test for a “self-contained part” in the context of right to manage. Lauren has acted on a number of matters reaching the appellate courts, including the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal.

Lauren has provided client training in relation to building safety case law, right to manage case law, ground rent and electric vehicle charging points.

Lauren frequently provides legal commentary through articles and blog posts, delivering practical advice on relevant issues to colleagues and clients. Visit our news section here.

Recent Achievements

  • Lauren has been recognised as a “key lawyer” in the Legal 500 listings for the past two years, 2024 and 2025.

Notable Cases 

  • The Courtyard RTM Company Limited and others v Rockwell (FC103) Limited and another (Upper Tribunal RTM matter concerning the interpretation of “self-contained part” under section 72 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002)
  • Abacus Land 4 Ltd v Bradley and Another (Court of Appeal decision in relation to the Interpretation of contractual reasonableness in the context of service charges)

Education:

  • Law LLB – University of Liverpool
  • LLM (distinction) – University of Law

Memberships

  • Law Society of England and Wales

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team:

2024 - “Lauren Walker is very good.”

2025 – “Lauren Walker is a superb junior solicitor with fantastic attention to detail, leading on significant cases in both the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal.”