Recommend a good solicitor (illegal Sect21 eviction)

[Scarletpimpofnel]

Hi. Could anyone recommend a good solicitor with experience of housing law to assist a friend with an illegally served Section 21 notice (in addition to harassment, non compliance with the AST Ts&Cs etc etc).

They have been struggling to find anyone knowledgeable in the area of landlord law. Shelter don't want to know unless it's an emergency or some such.

Many thanks.

[Cyberprog]

Scarletpimpofnel said:

Hi. Could anyone recommend a good solicitor with experience of housing law to assist a friend with an illegally served Section 21 notice (in addition to harassment, non compliance with the AST Ts&Cs etc etc).

They have been struggling to find anyone knowledgeable in the area of landlord law. Shelter don't want to know unless it's an emergency or some such.

Many thanks.

If the S21 isn't correctly served, then you can ignore it. They will need to go to court to enforce it, at which point you can then argue it. I wouldn't waste money until then!

[Scarletpimpofnel]

Cyberprog said:

Scarletpimpofnel said:

Hi. Could anyone recommend a good solicitor with experience of housing law to assist a friend with an illegally served Section 21 notice (in addition to harassment, non compliance with the AST Ts&Cs etc etc).

They have been struggling to find anyone knowledgeable in the area of landlord law. Shelter don't want to know unless it's an emergency or some such.

Many thanks.

If the S21 isn't correctly served, then you can ignore it. They will need to go to court to enforce it, at which point you can then argue it. I wouldn't waste money until then!

Yes it will definitely have to go to court, so much is wrong with how they have handled the tenant. It's just that the landlord has a full time solicitor and may well bamboozle the tenant on the day in court! Hence wanting proper paid for representation.

PS tried Shelter but they will only handle emergencies.

[hidetheelephants]

Can't help with a solicitor but if she has kept a diary of the harrassment it may be possible to get the police involved, probably worth a complaint letter to the SRA too given the LL is a solicitor.

[vaud]

hidetheelephants said:

Can't help with a solicitor but if she has kept a diary of the harrassment it may be possible to get the police involved, probably worth a complaint letter to the SRA too given the LL is a solicitor.

He said he has a full time solicitor, not is a full time solicitor?

[Countdown]

How confident are you that the S21 is invalid? If you're very confident then I guess your freind just needs to turn up and prove it to the Court.

However, AIUI, all that happens then is that the LL goes away and re-issues a correct S21. It may buy your mate more time but it won't solve the underlying issue (ie the LL wanting to evict your friend)

[vaud]

You can search here by postcode and select "housing"

https://find-legal-advice.justice.gov.uk/

[hidetheelephants]

vaud said:

hidetheelephants said:

Can't help with a solicitor but if she has kept a diary of the harrassment it may be possible to get the police involved, probably worth a complaint letter to the SRA too given the LL is a solicitor.

He said he has a full time solicitor, not is a full time solicitor?

Mea culpa. Obvs a wannabee Fergus Wilson/Rachman if they have enough st to employ a full time one.

[vaud]

hidetheelephants said:

Mea culpa. Obvs a wannabee Fergus Wilson/Rachman if they have enough st to employ a full time one.

More likely it is a retained solicitor and they are bigging it up that it is a full time dedicated solicitor.

[Scarletpimpofnel]

Thanks all for your thoughts. So much has been done wrong by the LL imo (some big stuff and some trivial). I suspect the right answer is to create the diary with all dates/documents/calls and then just go to court.