Marissa Lawrence is an Associate Solicitor at the firm’s Baker Street office. She is part of the Litigation Team, recognised by the Legal 500 as being a “technically minded, very responsive and strategic team”.

Marissa is experienced in a wide variety of disputes in Property Litigation including lease extensions, possession proceedings, disputes concerning Rent Act tenants and disrepair, defects, and various other landlord and tenant disputes for both residential and commercial property. Her residential property experience also includes assisting in a large Right of First Refusal case with 62 participating leaseholders and dealing with urgent applications for suspension of warrants. Marissa was also involved in the successful possession action obtaining 56 possession orders against a number of tenants for a number of commercial landlords, and the subsequent enforcement action against the defendants.

Marissa has a particular specialism in Litigation relating to residential property, with a focus on possession proceedings, disrepair, and other residential landlord and tenant disputes. Recently, Marissa has been successful in the Central London County Court in a 4-day trial in obtaining a possession order and substantial arrears against an assured tenant claiming disrepair and invalid rent increases. Marissa was successful in having the entire defence and counterclaim dismissed, and was awarded possession, payment of the rent arrears along with her client’s legal costs.

Marissa has also gained experience in Commercial Litigation, including the successful resolution of a number of commercial contract claims, misrepresentation, unfair prejudice petitions, copyright and trademark infringement, and debt recovery/insolvency.

Marissa was also part of the team that had success in the Court of Appeal when representing Bloomsbury Institute Limited, a higher education provider, in their judicial review of the Office for Students and their decision to refuse registration to Bloomsbury Institute. Marissa has since been involved in numerous other cases in the Higher Education sector.