The social housing practice at Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP boasts a team of ‘excellent negotiators’ who are experts on the rights of social housing tenants and leaseholders. Practice head Andrew Brookes, a ’leader in his field’, specialises in providing advice on leaseholder issues and disrepair matters, and his involvement in the Grenfell inquiry has strengthened the team’s experience in fire safety remediation. The firm has been involved in complex and unusual possession claims and acts for long leaseholders of social housing landlords regarding claims for breach of lease, service charge disputes, and leasehold enfranchisement; Timothy Waitt is an expert in social housing litigation. The group’s experience in housing spans across a range of issues, including tenancy deposits and licensing, and a variety of social housing occupiers, such as shared-ownership tenants and leaseholders. Giles Peaker is a specialist in multi-claimant matters, a growing area of expertise for the firm, and the team now has a successful track record in instructions from groups of tenants and leaseholders. Eleanor Solomon also plays a key role in managing and settling multi-party claims.

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‘Sara Stephens was a standout partner; always available and incredibly patient with a determined work ethic.’
‘Andrew Brookes has a tremendous depth of knowledge and is brilliant at handling clients.’
‘Eleanor Solomon and Giles Peaker stand out for their knowledge of the law and their commitment to vulnerable social tenants.’
‘Clients are in safe hands with Anthony Gold. They work very well as a team, are on top of the law, and are excellent negotiators.’
'Timothy Waitt knows the law inside and out and is meticulously prepared, and Eleanor Solomon is a joy to work with and a real star; she is a well-respected practitioner in her field.'
‘This is the go-to place for tenants with complex and difficult disrepair claims. It has unrivalled expertise in complex multi-party disrepair claims.’
‘Eleanor Solomon has a very keen eye for detail and she fights for every penny, but also takes a pragmatic approach to litigation. She is also great with clients and understands their needs.'
'Giles Peaker is unrivalled in this sector for his knowledge, wisdom, and expertise in all matters to do with social housing.'

Key clients

Safer Renting
Crisis
Whitebeam Close Residents, SW9.
13 leaseholders of Bank Court, London E17
A tenant of Peabody
Three Tenants of The Arches, Childers Street

Work highlights

Advised Safer Renting CIC on intervention in the Supreme Court in Rakusen v Jepson, arguing the public policy point of Rent Repayment Orders under Housing and Planning Act 2016.
Acting for Crisis in the intervention in the Supreme Court in LB Croydon v Imam, arguing on the extent of a local authority’s duty under section 193 Housing Act 1996 to secure suitable accommodation for those owed a full homelessness duty.

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