Simon Murphy > Howes Percival LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile
Howes Percival LLP Offices
FLINT BUILDINGS
1 BEDDING LANE
NORWICH
NR3 1RG
England
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Simon Murphy
Work Department
Property Litigation
Position
Simon spends most of his time advising on asset management issues including possession claims, the forfeiture of leases, dilapidations, service charge disputes and lease interpretation. He also advises on trespass, overage, rights of light, rights of way, adverse possession and enfranchisement.
Simon is based in the Cambridge office.
Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 have consistently recognised Simon as a leader in his field commenting he ” is best known for commercial landlord/tenant work for retailers, leisure clients and landed estates”.
Simon is a member of the Property Litigation Association.
Career
November 2015 to date – Partner, Howes Percival
2011- 2015 – Partner and Head of Commercial Property, Taylor Vinters
2008- 2011 – Partner Weightmans (legacy firm Mace & Jones)
2007- 2008 – Partner Blake Morgan
2004- 2007 – Senior Associate DAC Beachcroft
2001 -2004 – Senior Solicitor, Mills & Reeve
1999 -2001 – Solicitor, Solomon Taylor & Shaw
1997-1999 – Trainee Solicitor, Oxford City
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Real estate > Social housing
Known for providing ‘practical and pragmatic’ advice, the team at Howes Percival LLP is adept at advising on service charges, regularly assisting housing associations and charities. In Norwich, practice co-head Estelle Corner focuses on development and property transactions, and in Cambridge co-head Simon Murphy specialises in housing management matters. Michaela Henson in Cambridge, frequently acts for Hundred Houses Society and Accent Group in real estate matters. Senior associate Jonathan Parker, who has extensive experience in section 106 allocated affordable housing matters, joined the Norwich office from Birketts LLP; and associate Katie Reading joined from Spire Solicitors LLP in April 2023.
East Anglia > Real estate > Property litigation
(Leading individuals)Howes Percival LLP is regularly praised by clients for its ‘great knowledge of the law’, particularly in relation to commercial dilapidations and beneficial interests in land. Practice heads Simon Murphy and Jamie Kidd are based in Cambridge and Norwich respectively, with Murphy having deep expertise in service charge disputes, while Kidd handles adverse possession and enfranchisement issues. Director Leanne Davis in Cambridge and senior associate Bill Trow in Norwich, who ‘displays a level of experience well beyond his years of practice‘, are also central to the practice. Kidd recently handled a £1.2m commercial terminal dilapidations claim for landlord DCS 452 Limited.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Real estate > Property litigation
- Property litigation East Anglia > Real estate
- Social housing East Anglia > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Family