Stephanie is a well-established silk, having taken silk in 2019. She is ranked in Silks Band 2 by Chambers and Partners for both Real Estate Litigation and Telecommunications, and in Band 3 in the Legal 500. She is regarded by the market as a “robust advocate”, who provides “clear, focused advice” and is “extremely bright and commercial” and “good with clients”. She works on cases in all Courts from the Supreme Court to the First-tier Tribunal, and also appears in arbitrations.
Stephanie litigates a wide range of property-related disputes, including all sorts of real property problems, all aspects of commercial landlord and tenant work and property-related professional negligence claims. She is known for getting up to speed on unfamiliar areas quickly. However, she has particular expertise in the following areas:
- Real property / development/ land registration: construction/rectification of documents of all types, including leases, charges, overage provisions and sale contracts; valuation issues; specific performance/rescission; site boundary issues; adverse possession; easements; restrictive covenants; priorities/title problems and alteration of the register. Stephanie sits as a part time Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (Land Registration), where she determines cases raising some of these issues. She is not precluded from accepting briefs to appear in the FTT, or appeals from the FTT.
- Commercial Landlord and Tenant: all aspects, but particularly security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and break clauses.
- Telecoms: Stephanie appeared in the first case in which the Court of Appeal considered the present Code: Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Compton Beauchamp Ltd [2019]. She successfully secured permission to appeal from the Supreme Court, the first time in which permission to appeal had been given for an electronic communications code matter. In addition, Stephanie has advised about most of the key issues (and some more obscure ones) under the Code, and has appeared in the Upper Tribunal and County Court on Code litigation matters. She also appeared in important cases under the Old Code, including Crest Nicholson v Arqiva [2015] (service of a paragraph 21 notice during the fixed term) and Vodafone v Brophy [2017] (consideration payable when rights granted by the Court. Stephanie generally acts for operators.
- Mortgage and fixed charge receivership: Stephanie has recent experience of large scale mortgage litigation arising from mistaken discharge of charges at Land Registry; and high end and complex mortgage possession litigation, involving counterclaims raising allegations of lender misconduct. She has also litigated mortgage shortfall claims (including West Bromwich v Wilkinson [2005] in the House of Lords); claims arising from mortgage or conveyancing fraud and claims brought by receivers, or otherwise as a result of a receivership - including Ghai v Maymask 228 Ltd [2020]. She is a co-author of a leading text called Mortgage Receivership Law and Practice.
She has a wide range of clients, from private individuals to multinational corporations, and is experienced in dealing with high value complex claims. She enjoys working in a team.
"Stephanie Tozer KC handles a plethora of property-related disputes, and is recognised for her skill in handling residential and commercial landlord and tenant disputes. She is also noted for her expertise in telecommunications matters."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie has a way with attention to detail whereby she leaves no stone unturned. It makes her advocacy very streamlined and means she is able to answer any questions before they even come up." Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie is polite, approachable and adept at handling high volumes of work in a short space of time."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie's cross-examination is well structured and prepared."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie has a well-rounded practice, and is both quick on her feet and very good with clients."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie Tozer KC is noted for her expertise in handling disputes concerning the installation of telecommunications apparatus on land. Combining her strong skills in property litigation and her expert understanding of the Electronic Communications Code, she frequently represents high-profile service providers and mobile infrastructure companies in their disputes with landowners."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Telecommunications)
"Stephanie is incredibly knowledgeable about the telecoms code and is good on her feet."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025 (Telecommunications)
"Stephanie is a leading silk in real property work. Her written advocacy is compelling and persuasive. She has the ear of judges as a result of her stellar reputation in the area."Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025
"‘Stephanie has a brilliant grasp of the telecoms code and has been involved in some of the biggest cases. She is an excellent advocate and puts her case across in a forceful and persuasive way."Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025
"Stephanie is meticulously prepared and quietly but ruthlessly effective."
"She is very responsive and proactive and a joy to work with."
"A fantastic advocate who is great with clients."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2024 (Real Estate Litigation)
"Stephanie's court performances are excellent. The work she puts into preparing for hearings is second to none and her advice can't be faulted."Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2024 (Telecommunications)
'Stephanie is an excellent technical lawyer with a good manner with clients. She is becoming a go-to practitioner for Telecommunications Code disputes.'Lega 500 UK Bar Guide 2024
'She quickly taps in to what is important to clients.'Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2024More published comments