Mr Giles Peaker > Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP Offices
The Cottons Centre 5th Floor
South-West Hay's Lane
SE1 2QG
England
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Mr Giles Peaker
Work Department
Housing, property dispute resolution, public law.
Position
Partner specialising in housing, public law and residential and commercial leasehold disputes.
Career
Prior to training as a solicitor, Giles was a university senior lecturer in History of Art and cultural philosophy. Law qualifications at City University and College of Law. Trained Anthony Gold; qualified 2008; solicitor in housing and public law team; partner 2013. Extensive experience in housing possession, homelessness and disrepair in County Court and High Court and has acted in Court of Appeal and Supreme Court matters. Administrative and public law challenges to local authority decisions and failings. Acts for leaseholders and freeholders in residential leasehold disputes in LVT and County Court, and for leaseholders in build defect claims. Chair of Housing Law Practitioners Association between 2011 and 2017. Giles is a co-author of Housing Conditions: Tenants Right, published by LAG, and is the founder and editor of the Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment website. Giles co-drafted what is now the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2019, and gives evidence to select and bill committees in the House of Commons. Giles also writes for sector journals such as Inside Housing, and for national press including The Guardian and the Sunday Times. Giles has appeared on BBC and lTV news and documentary programmes, and Channel 4 Dispatches. He has also been a guest on BBC Radio 4 and local radio.
Languages
Basic French.
Memberships
Housing Law Practitioners Association.
Education
University of Leeds (1988 MA Social History of Art); City University (2005 CPE); College of Law (2006 LPC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Social housing: tenant
(Hall of Fame)The social housing practice at Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP boasts a team of ‘excellent negotiators’ who are experts on the rights of social housing tenants and leaseholders. Practice head Andrew Brookes
, a ‘leader in his field’, specialises in providing advice on leaseholder issues and disrepair matters, and his involvement in the Grenfell inquiry has strengthened the team’s experience in fire safety remediation. The firm has been involved in complex and unusual possession claims and acts for long leaseholders of social housing landlords regarding claims for breach of lease, service charge disputes, and leasehold enfranchisement; Timothy Waitt is an expert in social housing litigation. The group’s experience in housing spans across a range of issues, including tenancy deposits and licensing, and a variety of social housing occupiers, such as shared-ownership tenants and leaseholders. Giles Peaker is a specialist in multi-claimant matters, a growing area of expertise for the firm, and the team now has a successful track record in instructions from groups of tenants and leaseholders. Eleanor Solomon also plays a key role in managing and settling multi-party claims.
London > Real estate > Property litigation
Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP has a strong track record handling disputes in the residential sector on behalf of both landlords and tenants. The team is frequently involved in high-profile disputes concerning disrepair and safety, as well as possession claims, breaches of contract and boundary disputes. As team leader, Andrew Brookes has almost 30 years of experience acting for tenants and leaseholders, having previously represented survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. Giles Peaker has acted for leaseholders in building defect and cladding issue-related work. Sarah Cummins and Robin Stewart are also key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Real estate > Social housing: tenant
- Social housing: tenant London > Real estate
- Property litigation London > Real estate