Simon Murphy > Howes Percival LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.