Leanne is a property litigator specialising in all areas of contentious property work including complex land law and landlord and tenant matters. She is a senior associate and the team leader of the property litigation team in the Milton Keynes office which sits within Shoosmiths' Thames Valley team. The team is ranked Tier 1 by The Legal 500.  

She has acted for a wide range of property clients including major landowners and a number of organisations with large property portfolios including banks, charities and livery companies, developers, investors, insolvency practitioners, local government and other public bodies, oil companies and retailers. She also advises private individuals as landlord and tenant.

Leanne's workload includes advising on adverse possession claims, exercising and challenging break options, boundary disputes, business rates, compulsory purchase matters, leasehold and collective enfranchisement matters (including rights of first refusal), unopposed and opposed business tenancy renewal claims,dilapidations, disputes on repairing obligations, forfeiting leases, interference with goods, disputes arising on obtaining landlord's consent, nuisance claims (in particular caused by noise), residential and commercial rent and service charge disputes and arrears recovery, rights of light matters, tenant insolvency, protection under the telecommunications code and trespass and possession claims.