Greenfields Community Housing, a prime social housing provider based in Essex, has appointed Nockolds, the leading law firm, to its framework panel of legal advisers on a four-year framework agreement. Greenfields Community Housing manages 8,800 properties across Essex and Suffolk. The framework agreement is also open to the Procurement Alliance for Essex (PAE) whose members include other Housing Associations, Local Authorities, University and Fire & Rescue Service within Essex.
Nockolds tendered to provide three broad areas of legal services and was successful on all three:
Property
Typical services to be provided but not limited to,
- Acquisitions and disposals
- Leases, licenses and conveyancing
- Landlord and tenant matters
- Right to Buy
- Social housing
- Leaseholder matters
- Social tenancy advice
- Property charging
- Adverse Possession Claims
Development
Typical services to be provided but not limited to,
- Site/Property development
- Environmental and planning
- Compulsory purchase
- Procurement and contractual matters
- S106 agreements
Housing Management Advice
Typical services to be provided but not limited to,
- Advice on anti-social behaviour, estate management and tenancy maters
- Disrepair claims
- Unlawful occupiers, i.e. squatters
- Debt recovery
Nockolds will deploy a multi-disciplinary team to support this framework, including the following in the property practice: Elena Nicolaou (Principal Associate), Alison Hare (Senior Associate), Matthew Lutkin (Associate) and Clive Moyes, Consultant Planning Barrister to Nockolds. Sam Cook (Principal Associate) in the Dispute Resolution Team, will provide housing management advice
Elena Nicolaou, Principal Associate in Nockolds’ Commercial Property Team, comments: ‘We are delighted to be chosen to provide a suite of legal services to Greenfields Community Housing and the PAE Greenfield Community Housing is one of only four Community Gateway Associations in the country, meaning that its residents are empowered to make key decisions about their homes and housing service, if they choose to. We have extensive experience of acting for public sector bodies, including housing associations, on property and management issues.’