Richard Housley > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile
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MOUNT EPHRAIM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN4 8AS
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Richard Housley
Work Department
Property dispute resolution
Position
Richard is a partner specialising in property litigation, including commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes, including opposed lease renewals, landlord and tenant insolvency, rent review, dilapidations, forfeiture and other possession claims, as well as long residential leasehold matters including leasehold enfranchisement and rights of first refusal, and land law / development disputes including adverse possession, easements, restrictive covenants, nuisance and trespass.
Career
Trained and qualified at Cripps Harries Hall in 2007, subsequently Associate, Senior Associate, Managing Associate, Legal Director and Partner at Cripps.
Memberships
Property Litigation Association and Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners
Education
Roundwood Park, University of Leicester (2003 LLB 2:1), College of Law, London (LPC)
Leisure
Cycling, bouldering, football, family and Liverpool FC
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Property litigation
Counting major property investors, HNWIs, and local authorities amongst its key clients, Cripps
’ property dispute resolution team has extensive expertise in property insolvency and residential leasehold enfranchisement. Operating out of Tunbridge Wells, Miles Paffard leads the team, deploying his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’ to work on opposed business lease renewals, service charge disputes, and dilapidations. Mike Scott is a ‘first-rate litigator’, regularly handling contract disputes and development agreement issues, while Nitej Davda concentrates on residential and commercial landlord and tenant disputes. Having been promoted to partner in May 2022, Richard Housley focuses on issues concerning easements and covenants. In early 2024, the firm merged with Horsham-based firm PDT Solicitors, which added the expertise of Gail Morris, Craig Burton, James Clewlow and James Clewlow.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector