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Acuity Law

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Leveraging its market-leading commercial property reputation, Acuity Law has effectively broadened the scope of its work to include a growing number of mandates in the social housing sector. Team head Liz Gibbons takes the lead on the transactional property aspects of the practice, including work on site acquisitions. Swansea-based consultant partner Neil Morgan is the main contact for housing management work and has deep experience handling anti-social behaviour issues and property litigation work in the sector.

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Key clients

  • Valleys to Coast Housing Limited
  • Trivallis Limited
  • Coastal Housing Group
  • Cadwyn Housing Association Limited
  • Barcud Group
  • Ateb
  • Melin Homes
  • Bro Myrddin
  • Merthyr HA
  • Principality Building Society

Work highlights

  • Representing Coastal Housing in relation to any property-related disputes across its residential, leasehold, and commercial portfolio.
  • Acting for Valleys to Coast in connection with their housing disrepair claims.
  • Acting for Wales’ largest building society, The Principality, in connection with its funding the development, The Mill, Cardiff.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Neil Morgan

Neil Morgan

Acuity Law

Neil is a highly experienced property litigation and social housing lawyer. Having established and managed the property litigation team at a major tier 1-ranked regional firm for over 20 years, Neil has handled numerous high-profile and high-value property litigation cases during his career. Neil is also widely recognised as one of the leading social housing lawyers in Wales, with over 30 years of experience in the field. He has founded specialist, multidisciplinary teams aimed at the public and social housing sectors, pioneering the delivery of innovative and effective solutions for this market. He led the first in-house anti-social behaviour team in a UK law firm, for example. Neil is consistently recognised by the leading legal directories for his expertise. He is a skilled advocate, a trained mediator and was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in May 2020. He is also a board member of a housing association and Chair of its Development and Asset Management Committee. Neil acts for private and public sector clients, including housing associations, developers, commercial and residential landlords and pension funds. His clients span the retail, food and drink and media sectors, as well as high-net-worth individuals and angel investors. Neil is a fluent Welsh speaker. Expertise: Property disputes Commercial litigation Housing law Social housing Alternative dispute resolution

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Liz Gibbons

Other key lawyers

Neil Morgan, Jennifer Butcher, Richard Voke