Home office: Taunton
Gabrielle handles a wide variety of residential landlord and tenant matters, both contentious and non-contentious, with a particular emphasis on leasehold and freehold enfranchisement and Section 20 consultation.
An experienced Enfranchisement Solicitor and Property Litigator. Specialist in leasehold and freehold enfranchisement of houses and flats. Areas of practice covers a wide variety of residential landlord and tenant matters including lease extensions, collective enfranchisement, Section 20 consultation, tenant’s right of first refusal, right to manage claims, residential block management and general tenancy issues.
Experience
- Shasha and Rownamoor Trustees Limited as Trustees of the Placement Pension Fund v Westminster City Council, High Court of Justice QBD Planning Court [2016]EWHC 3283 (Admin)
- WX Investments Ltd v Khalida Begg & Peter J Fraser EWHC 925 (Ch); [2002] 1 WLR 2849
Articles by Gabrielle
The Renters Reform Bill and the loss of Section 21 notices
It is the intention that the Renters Reform Bill will abolish Section 21 notices, while strengthening landlords’ legitimate grounds for taking back their property. The proposed change is to aim to strike a balance between the rights of tenants and the rights of landlords.
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Property litigation
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 – Part 4
In part 4 of our series looking at the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, we turn our attention to the Regulation of Leasehold
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Property litigation
Failure to serve a right to manage claim notice on a landlord does not always invalidate a claim
The Supreme Court handed down judgment on 16 August 2024 on an appeal from a decision of the Upper Tribunal that the Respondent RTM company’s right to manage claim was not invalidated by failure to give the Appellant a claim notice.
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Social housing providers
News Bulletin – Latest developments in the rented and leasehold sectors
In yesterday’s King’s Speech, we learned more about the Government’s priorities for the next Parliamentary session in relation to the rented and leasehold sectors. Lynn James and Gabrielle Roberts discuss what this means
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