Practice Summary
Nicola has 11 years of experience in all aspects of housing law and regularly acts for both landlords and tenants in the public and private sector, on the North Eastern Circuit and further afield. Nicola’s practice on any given day may include one, two or even more of the following areas:
Areas of Expertise
Possession
• Secure, assured and assured short hold tenancies
• Demoted, introductory and starter tenancies
• Licences
• Discretionary grounds including asb, nuisance, cannabis farms
• Mandatory grounds including rent arrears, s.21 Notices
• Trespassers
• Public law defences
• Sale and leaseback
Homelessness and Allocations
• Initial advices on merits
• s.204 appeals
• JR applications
Injunctions and Committals
• s.153 ASB injunctions
• s.222 injunctions
• Unlawful eviction
• Breach of tenancy
• Trespassers
• Exclusion from specified land
• Access for gas inspections, urgent repairs
Disrepair
Unlawful Eviction
• Injunctions to gain re-entry
• Claims for damages
Right to Buy
Succession
Residential leases and Forfeiture
Nicola is able to accept instructions directly through the Bar Public Access scheme.
Publications
Nicola’s recent articles include:
• Part 36 Update (Oct 2011)
(Because even Housing Lawyers sometimes need to make offers)
• Plaster is structure: Grand v Gill – July 2011
Seminars
Nicola regularly provides lectures and seminars on housing law, both as part of Zenith Chambers’ Housing Team, and in house to solicitors, local authorities and housing associations.
Requests for training can be made directly to Nicola at nphillipson@zenithchambers.co.uk
Recent seminars include:
• Housing Update, June 2011
• Judicial Review, Homelessness and Allocations, November 2010
• Homelessness Update, November 2010
