Joanna Osborne
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Real Estate Litigation
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About
Provided by Joanna Osborne
Practice Areas
Property & Trusts Litigation
Career
Joanna is Head of the Property Litigation department at Edwin Coe.
She deals with all types of property disputes including joint venture and conveyancing disputes, trespass, party wall and developer claims, including those for building defects and against new build warranty insurers, professional negligence and rectification claims, the full range of landlord and tenant disputes encompassing breaches of covenant, forfeiture, insolvency, rent arrears, possession and service charge issues, business lease renewals and dilapidations claims. She advises on commercial, residential and mixed use schemes. Before joining Edwin Coe in 2000, Joanna was a partner in a niche litigation practice called Maislish & Co which specialised in high-profile and heavyweight general commercial disputes. She has acted in company and partnership disputes, construction claims, libel, professional negligence and general contract claims. She therefore has an impressive breadth of experience to draw upon when advising property clients on their matters.
Whilst being assertive and tenacious, Joanna understands that the primary objective of a property client is usually to achieve the most commercially acceptable outcome given the practical requirements of their business and also the risks of litigation. This means that dispute avoidance is an important factor in initial advice. Where that does not resolve a dispute, then Joanna has considerable experience in alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation, PACT, single expert determination and arbitration.
Clients range from substantial, high-profile PLC’s to small and medium sized businesses, private clients, charities and administrators of estates, coming from all areas of business and walks of life, including the media, publishing, property and construction, multiple national retailers, local authorities, individual property investors and all types of landlord and tenant.
Professional Memberships
Member of Property Litigation Association
Member of Professional Negligence Lawyers Association
Member of Women in Property
Member of the Dilapidations Association
Chambers Review
UK
Joanna Osborne heads Edwin Coe's property litigation team. She handles contentious matters including disputes relating to joint ventures and conveyancing issues for a host of notable retailers and individual clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joanna is an experienced real estate litigation solicitor who pays great attention to detail and has an excellent manner with clients."
"She is excellent. She is incredibly committed to her clients and is very passionate."
"Joanna is enthusiastic, energetic and dynamic. She is extremely hardworking and brings a lot of energy to everything she does."
"She is a strong lawyer with a considerable breadth of knowledge and she demonstrates a strong degree of empathy for her clients."
"Joanna is an experienced real estate litigation solicitor who pays great attention to detail and has an excellent manner with clients."
"She is excellent. She is incredibly committed to her clients and is very passionate."
"Joanna is enthusiastic, energetic and dynamic. She is extremely hardworking and brings a lot of energy to everything she does."
"She is a strong lawyer with a considerable breadth of knowledge and she demonstrates a strong degree of empathy for her clients."