Katie Orr

Associate

Katie deals with a wide variety of residential property matters. Katie’s workload consists of both making and defending applications in the First-tier Tribunal relating to the reasonableness and payability of service charges and dispensation of section 20 consultation requirements. Katie specialises in issues relating to fire safety, non-standard arrears recovery and right to manage.

Katie’s role also includes advising Landlord and Management Company clients in regards to recoverability of service charges and breach of lease.

Katie also frequently provides commentary through articles and blog posts which deliver practical advice on a range of property matters to clients and the wider public, visit our news section here.

During our long relationship, JB Leitch has become part of our core team. Their Landlord and Tenant advice is authoritative and clear, and they understand our sector inside out. Their credit control service is highly effective, but also sensitive to the wider relationship we have with our leaseholders
Tim Wilson - Managing Director - E&J Estates
We have worked with JB Leitch for many years now. Their knowledge surrounding the legalities and technicalities of Service Charge collection is excellent and their approach is always helpful and professional.

During this particularly challenging time they continue to provide invaluable support by remaining easily contactable, sending regular reports and offering solutions to any problems that may arise.

Therina Crowley AMInstLM - Service Charge Arrears and Apprentice Supervisor - Encore
We have a strong and well-established working relationship with JB Leitch, having worked with them over a long period of time.

They have a good grasp on the nuances of residential property management so are well-placed to provide specialist advice and assistance on a wide range of issues affecting our industry.

They continue to provide invaluable support to our business, operating in many ways as a seamless extension to our in-house legal team.
Mairead McErlean - Legal Counsel - FirstPort
Over the last five years we have built a solid relationship with JB Leitch, they have provided us with a remarkable ground rent collection service for our freehold property portfolio on criteria and non-criteria debts. They provide a fast, effective recovery of our stand alone Ground Rent and also through their bolt-on Service Charge recovery by liaising with multiple managing agents on our behalf.
Bernadette Jones - General Manager - HomeGround Management Ltd
JB Leitch are simply excellent. It is good to know that we are dealing with a market leading firm who provide superb quality up-to-date advice. When we give JB Leitch an instruction, whether a routine enfranchisement or a complex leasehold query they always deliver. They are highly responsive, professional and have a great team. A pleasure to do business with!
Jenny Jackson-Shilling - Director - The Freehold Group

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Right to Manage: Whether a Leaseholder Was Classed as a Qualifying Tenant During the “Registration Gap” (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd – 2024)

Posted December 11, 2024

Service Charges: Rule 13 & Determination as to What May Constitute “Unreasonable Conduct” (Zaid Alothman Holdings Ltd and others v Better Intelligent Management Ltd and another – 2024)

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