Laurence Gray

Laurence Gray is a property litigation solicitor and a partner at Keystone Law. He acts for farmers, landowners, homeowners and businesses in disputes over boundaries, rights of way and other easements, with a practice focused on Cornwall and Devon.

He qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and has spent his career in property disputes: in the property litigation teams of Eversheds in London and Clarke Willmott in Bristol and, since December 2013, at Keystone Law.

Laurence is also a CMC-registered civil and commercial mediator, accredited by the London School of Mediation and a member of the panels of The Barrister Group and the Association of South West Mediators. He practises separately as Laurence Gray Mediation. Mediating disputes has given him an unusually clear view of what moves the other side — and of how cases that could have settled end up in court.

He is based on the Roseland peninsula, and knows at first hand the hedges, lanes, farm tracks and converted barns that feature in so many rural disputes.

The work

How he works

You deal with Laurence directly, but your retainer for any legal work undertaken by Laurence will be with Keystone Law Limited, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 400999).

He gives straightforward advice, including about the weaknesses in your case; he keeps costs in proportion to what is at stake; and he treats settlement on good terms as a success. He prepares a case thoroughly and early. When a dispute does need to be fought, he will either make the necessary application to HM Land Registry or bring a claim in Court as appropriate, and will invite you to agree to involve a barrister as necessary. He will take all necessary steps to the conclusion of the matter.