Mr Karl Anders > Walker Morris LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Walker Morris LLP Offices
33 Wellington Street
LEEDS
LS1 4DL
England
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Mr Karl Anders
Work Department
Housing Litigation & Management
Position
Partner
Career
Karl is head of Walker Morris’ Housing Litigation & Management Team advising social and private sector landlords on all areas of residential landlord and tenant law. Karl is particularly recognised for his expertise in respect of occupational tenancy possession actions relating to all types of tenure, possession claims against trespassers, lease forfeiture and anti-social behaviour injunctions.
Karl’s clients include lending institutions, fixed charge receivers, registered providers of social housing, nationally recognised letting agencies and the largest UK supplier of student and key worker accommodation.
Karl has been instrumental in developing the firm’s case management system for arrears-based residential possession claims (Freehome™). This innovative service provides clients with secure online access to up to date information and reports regarding their cases and has a direct interface with the HM Court Service’s PCOL website.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Social housing
Walker Morris LLP’s Leeds-based social housing team acts for a range of housing associations, contractors, house builders and lenders. Housing development expert Chris Woodthorpe and property litigation lawyer Karl Anders jointly lead the cross-disciplinary practice, which is active in contentious and non-contentious work and chiefly handles development projects, tenancy work, and financings. Ben Sheppard is a further key contact for procurement matters, and real estate specialist Paul Laverty is also recommended.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Property litigation
Walker Morris LLP maintains a ‘superb team of extremely experienced property litigators’ that advises large national retailers and major developers and landowners on a wide array of property management and development disputes. The team is particularly well regarded for its expertise in building safety matters, having acted in landmark disputes related to the Building Safety Act 2022, and is also instructed to handle dilapidations, restrictive covenants, and insurance disputes. Martin McKeague, who has built a strong reputation in matters related to indemnity insurance, co-leads the practice with landlord and tenant dispute expert Karl Anders. David Manda is a key contact for contentious development matters, and Lewis Couth is highly recommended for his building safety expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Property litigation Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate
- Social housing Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Health
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Social housing
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax