Clare helps charities, sports clubs and other third sector organisations with all aspects of property law.

Clients have described Clare as ‘helpful and responsive’, ‘proactive and solution-focussed’ and as having ‘patiently and persistently achieved what we needed’.

Clare's particular areas of interest are the use and preservation of open space and unusual buildings, events spaces, projects that help improve, strengthen and make independent a community, resolving complex property problems (including those involving title and trust law issues and disputes) and anything involving bespoke legal drafting.

She values the variety of working in the sector and loves getting to know clients and helping with their varied projects.

Clare regularly writes articles and gives seminars and webinars on property law for charities, including two YouTube videos. She also sits on the board of a trading subsidiary in the events space for a charity involved in sailing, rowing and preservation of buildings.

• Managing the property portfolios of a national blind charity (as landlord) and a national education charity (as tenant)
• Assisting a well-known park and palace in managing lettings, events, trading subsidiary relationships and general strategy
• Provided bespoke burial rights/construction of mausoleum documents and advice for a well-known London cemetery
• Advised a substantial wildlife park on documenting relationships with its landlord, as well as assisting various sports clubs, a sports field, a boxing gym, an outdoor pool, a windmill, a community self-build project and various other unique projects
• Ongoing advice to a national body involved in the protection of open space, including on complex issues such as permanent endowment/designated land
• Helping charities including various religious organisations to unravel complex title issues and to deal with disputes
• Assisting benevolent organisations in the taking and removal of charges

• Member of the Ethical Property Foundation’s list of property professionals who assist small organisations in dealing with their property issues