Forbes Solicitors
Lawyers
Kirsty Varley
Work Department
Housing and Regeneration (Litigation)
Position
Kirsty is a Partner with 14-years post qualification experience, specialising in housing management and tenancy enforcement. In 2019 Kirsty completed a Masters in Legal Practice focussing on the ASB tools and powers and use of the Community Trigger.
Kirsty is experienced in all aspects of housing management law; particular areas of focus include committal, possession and injunction proceedings for anti-social behaviour and other tenancy breaches including the trial advocacy, advising in relation to all manner of housing related issues such as tenancy terms, licenses, housing ombudsman investigations and dealing with the Information Commissioner. Kirsty has a particular interest in dealing with vexatious tenants and was awarded an LLM for her work on anti-social behaviour legislation and its interpretation and application to nuisance caused to social landlords.
Being Higher Rights qualified Kirsty regularly represents clients in court, undertaking her own advocacy and providing clients with a seamless service from instruction to trial, and saving them thousands in counsel fees. Kirsty is a regular and familiar face in courts across the region. As an advocate, Kirsty is described as being “brave and determined” in court “really fights” for her clients and a “fantastic” advocate getting “great results”.
Kirsty has been involved in many high profile, complex matters involving human rights and mental health issues. Kirsty has developed a national reputation regularly speaking at high-profile conferences such as the Resolve Anti-social Behaviour National Conference, speaking at seminars, drafting articles, sharing best practice and assessing the effectiveness of a new civil injunction that came into force in 2015. Kirsty recently spoke at the Greater Manchester Cuckooing conference and has also recently delivered sessions on Cannabis in social housing, hate crime and autism.She has partnered LHP to provide successful resolution to ASB and possession disputes.