Social Housing

Womble Bond Dickinson has a high-quality team providing the full range of social housing services to a number of regional and national housing providers. It assists with property matters, including stock rationalisations and housing finance, as well as a broad range of contentious issues, such as disrepair matters, anti-social behaviour and possession claims. The team calls upon additional resources in its pensions and employment practices to offer an integrated service.

"Wombles has a strong team that provides good service to clients."

"The service level and responsiveness is part of the reason clients trust their cases with Womble Bond Dickinson."

Womble Bond Dickinson assisted Cornwall Housing in a serious anti-social behaviour case and successfully obtained an order against the defendant.

Julia Thomson is well regarded for her practice, which sees her advising registered providers on site transactions and development projects. "She's very knowledgeable and sensible on the other side."

Nigel Emmerson has extensive experience in all aspects of residential property, including acquisitions and development and regeneration projects. He also assists with tenancy management issues such as injunction and possession claims. "Nigel Emmerson has good client care skills."

Shelley Williams has a broad social housing practice that sees her advise on landlord and tenant issues, as well as acquisitions and developments. Her client base includes housing associations, local authorities and private companies. "Shelley is really good and manages very heavy workloads well." "She's really good at identifying problems in advance."