Rea has recently drafted grounds of appeal in cases involving succession where capacity was lost, high-value financial penalties for multiple breaches of the Housing Act 2004 and unfair terms and penal rates of interest contained in mortgage agreements. She has advised and drafted grounds for statutory appeals, and in judicial review, and has appeared for both applicants and respondents in High Court applications for interim relief. 

Rea has recently advised in matters involving unusual contractual tenancies and business tenancies, in cases of adverse possession, unlawful eviction, estoppel, harassment, boundary disputes, nuisance, including Environmental Protection Act, forfeiture, service charge and ground rent disputes.

Rea gained considerable experience in the Court of Appeal during her pupillage, including:

• Leeds City Council v Broadley [2016] EWCA Civ 1213; [2017] 1WLR 738 on the nature of tenure and certainty of term; and 
• Dove v Havering LBC [2017] EWCA Civ 156; [2017] PTSR 1233 on how joint tenants fulfil the tenant condition and retain security of tenure.

Rea has extensive knowledge of the Tribunal system and immigration law having previously been employed in private practice as a paralegal.

• Rights of Audience - Ojo & Opaleye v McAuliffe, County Court at Bromley 6 February 2019 

https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2019/02/u-cant-do-this

• Appointed to the Government Legal Department Junior Junior Panel of Counsel.