Our work
Taking legal action is a last resort but sometimes one which cannot be avoided. Our team has a combined experience of over 50 years in helping social landlords achieve their objectives in the challenging and often complex cases that they are faced with.
Examples of the areas our team of experts regularly deal with include:
- Possession claims based on anti-social behaviour
- Possession claims for breach of tenancy (including hoarding)
- Possession claims based on loss of security of tenure (unauthorised subletting)
- Possession claims against trespassers
- Possession claims against shared ownership leaseholders
- Accelerated possession claims
- Injunction applications (s.1 civil injunctions/breach of tenancy injunctions)
- Gas Safety/Electrical Safety access injunctions
- Disrepair claims
- Leasehold disputes/forfeiture proceedings (residential)
- Rent and service charge recovery (residential and commercial)
- Boundary/right of way disputes
- Defending judicial review proceedings
- Defending Equality Act 2010 proceedings in a housing context
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We have a dedicated team of lawyers that specialise in social housing and regeneration. We provide sector-leading services and advice, guiding our clients through the very best solutions for them. Get in touch with our team of experts to arrange a consultation.
“MSB has demonstrated passion and a skilful understanding of the issues that face our clients and the communities that they emanate from. The firm is always interested to develop its knowledge and is committed to supporting us, wherever possible, to help raise awareness of these issues.”
Understanding the issue
Having a specialist and dedicated team with decades of experience of working solely for social landlords, we are tuned into how social landlords operate. We know our audience and pride ourselves on being accessible, removing the perceived barrier between solicitors and clients, not using legal language wherever possible and being an extension of our clients’ teams rather than an external law firm. This has helped Louise Murphy and our team develop a unique place in the market and has allowed us to hone in on what it is our clients want and has enabled us to be succinct and confident in the advice we give.
We represent many of the main social housing providers in the North. We are regularly called upon to advise across a broad spectrum of tenure types from general needs, supported housing, specialist supported housing, homelessness accommodation, care homes, market rents, foyers for under 18s as well as student accommodation. All of this experience means we have come across most scenarios that face our clients today.
As a result of our years of experience, the breadth of work which we cover and the fact that our fee earners are all legally qualified our advice is always technically sound and erudite as we’ve been there before, we know what works and we know how to communicate our advice to our clients in a no nonsense, straight forward and friendly manner.
Why MSB?
Housing law is our passion and the team, led by Louise Murphy are experts in their field. Our fee earners are either solicitors or have completed the Legal Practice Course and have a combined experience of over 50 years in social housing.
In 2018, MSB acquired specialist social housing and Legal 500 recommended law firm, Knox Ellis, as a cornerstone of its Social Housing and Regeneration team. Since then, the team has continued to build on the excellent reputation of Knox Ellis and works with a diverse range of social landlords across the North.
Our aim is to make a difference by working collaboratively with our clients as extensions of their teams, so that they can meet the many and diverse challenges they face in the Social Housing sector.
Whilst the team do their best to avoid litigation through early negotiation and alternative dispute resolution, we are confident in our abilities and work hard at the outset of a case to ensure that we start on the front foot. We are robust in our approach and will always fight to achieve the best result for our clients.
In short, we go the extra mile.
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