Penny Bournes
SolicitorSpecialist in housing management.
I provide non-contentious specialist housing management advice and training to registered providers. I advise extensively on leasehold management queries including the Right to Manage, Leasehold Enfranchisement, appointment of a manager and leaseholder rights and obligations generally. I frequently provide full occupancy agreement/policy and procedure reviews. I also regularly provide specialist advice on housing management issues including rent review, service charges, succession, consultation and compliance with housing legislation and guidance.
I started my career at specialised housing management firm, Gorrara Haden Solicitors, where in addition to advising on non-contentious housing management issues, I also gained experience of a wide range of housing management litigation, including service charge disputes, and the enforcement of tenancy agreements through possession and injunction proceedings, arising largely out of anti-social behaviour, illegal use, condition of property and unlawful occupation. I also have experience of planning and delivering bespoke training packages on a wide range of housing management issues. Since joining Anthony Collins, I have concentrated on non-contentious technical housing management advice and training.
Residents are now unable to make applications to prohibit landlords from seeking to recover the cost of legal proceedings through the service charge on behalf of other residents, without consent.
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019.
The case was Various Occupational Leaseholders of Foundling Court and O’Donnell Court, Brunswick Centre, London v (1) London Borough of Camden (2) Allied London (Brunswick) Limited [2016] UKUT 366 (LC) and others.
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