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Introduction

Peter was called to the Bar in 2014 and completed pupillage at 42 Bedford Row the following year. He has since developed a busy court-based and advisory paperwork practice with a particular interest in most matters connected to land. He is the Head of our Business and Property Group. Outside of chambers, Peter is a keen motorcyclist and interested in cooking, wine, technology, architecture and art.

Housing Law

Peter deals with various social housing problems. Working for local authorities, supported by his experience of an in-house secondment for a London Borough, Peter has considerable experience of matters including succession, tenancy fraud and anti-social behaviour. He has dealt with innumerable possession claims across the entire range of possible cases and has undertaken a considerable amount of disrepair work, with cases running into the hundreds. His cases have involved tenants of all descriptions, professional landlords and councils and appearances both at court and at the FTT (Property Chamber).

Reported Cases:

  • Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust Ltd v Jason Richens [2020] EWHC 685 (Ch): a judge had not erred in finding that a housing trust had granted an inter-generational joint tenancy

Areas of Expertise

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Qualifications

  • City Law School – GDL and BPTC

  • King’s College London – MA in English

  • University College Durham – BA in English Literature

Scholarships & Awards

  • Middle Temple Diplock Major Scholarship awarded two years running
  • Durham University DUSada Prize

Memberships & Committees

  • Property Bar Association
  • Social Housing Law Association

Education

Peter studied at Bolton School where he was the Head Boy and achieved 11 A* grades at GCSE and 4 As at GCE AS/A2.

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Published: 5th Sep 2016

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