Our Specialist Social Housing Team has looked after the interests of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) for more than 30 years and are one of the main providers of legal services to this sector in the South Yorkshire and North East Midlands region.

Our specialist team provide commercial and practical advice across the whole range of property and other services required by the Social Housing Sector.  Our aim is to build a long term relationship by providing a partner led service which is designed to meet clients’ requirements so that our team can be viewed as an extension of the clients’ own teams.

By adopting a collaborative approach to work with our RSLs, we are often able to develop innovative and commercially attractive solutions tailored to the very specific and fast changing needs of our clients, but with a friendly, courteous and efficient service.

Some of the areas in which we specialise:

Property

• Site acquisition including site assemblies and related development work for residential development to be carried out by Housing Associations from the very smallest up to and including major household names.
• Funding arrangements and refinancing
• Effecting bank security including collateral warranties and step in rights
• Joint ventures
• Disposals of development sites and commercial property
• Development Agreements
• Section 106 planning agreements
• Infrastructure documentation rent to home buy
• Plot disposals for rent, shared ownership and outright sale
• Right to buy and right to acquire
• Shared ownership including resale and staircasing, drafting advice and contractual documentation
• Alternative dispute resolution and dispute avoidance
• Assistance and representation in court, arbitration and adjudication proceedings
• Legal audits including reviews of terms and conditions
• Construction Contracts and Warranties

Charity Law

• Formation of Charities
• Formation of Companies limited by guarantee
• Deeds of trust and Articles of Association
• Reporting issues and Charity Commission

Housing Management and Litigation

• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Rent Arrears disputes
• Possession actions
• Housing Disrepair claims
• Lease disputes
• Boundary and neighbour disputes
• Anti social behaviour problems
• Tenancy problems

Employment Law and HR advice

• TUPE transfers of staff and secondments
• Restructures and reorganisation
• Advice on Diversity and Equality issues
• Employment disputes and mediation
• Equal Pay
• Trade Unions and collective agreements
• Conduct and Investigations
• Data Protection
• Managing ill health and performance
• Contracts and policies and procedures

Corporate

• Merges and Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures
• General Commercial Agreements
• IT Contracts
• Terms and Conditions
• Banking and refinancing
• Restructuring