Lucy joined Leathes Prior in February 2019 to further develop the firm's agricultural offering. Her areas of expertise include farm business tenancies, applications for first registrations of farm land and the sale of land for development. Lucy also works closely with our other lawyers in the commercial property, private client, dispute resolution and employment teams. Lucy was promoted to Senior Associate in May 2022.
Lucy initially read English at Queens Mary University before doing her Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of East Anglia and Legal Practice Course at the University of West England. Before joining Leathes Prior, Lucy spent three years at Mills & Reeve in the Commercial Property Team where she dealt with freehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant issues, commercial development, commercial leases and investment property.
Lucy is a member of the Agricultural Law Association, when not at work she loves being outside with her dairy farmer fiancé and their two labradors and cocker spaniel.