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Andrew  Harmer

Andrew Harmer

Birketts LLP, London

Work Department

Housing Management / Social Housing / Property

Position

Partner and Head of Housing Management, over 25 years’ experience specialising all aspects of housing management litigation.

Social landlords and charitable institutions, such as injunctions, antisocial behaviour issues, disrepair and training. Cases of note: Kelsey Housing Association Ltd v King [1995] 28 HLR 270, CA; St Pancras & Humanist Housing Association Ltd v Leonard [2008] EWCA Civ 1442.

Career

Articled Batchelors; qualified 1991; partner 1995; deputy district judge 2005; senior partner 2013; Birketts LLP Partner 2023

Memberships

Law Society;  Social Housing Law Association; Housing Law Practitioners’ Association; Property Litigation Association; affiliate member Chartered Institute of Housing; former Law Society Housing Law Committee member; Board member Phoenix Community Housing Association for 9 years.

Education

Northbrook Church of England School; Polytechnic of North London (1988 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford.