Swita Kothari Author

Piers is a barrister at Tanfield Chambers. His practice covers all areas of property law and clients include property development companies, local authorities, government agencies and private companies and individuals. Piers is a co-author of Service Charges & Management (3rd ed), Leasehold Enfranchisement: Law and Practice, and Megarry’s Manual of the Law of Real Property (9th ed). Harriet Holmes is a barrister at Wilberforce Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. She is a specialist property litigator, whose practice covers real property, landlord and tenant, trusts of land and settled land, and property-related professional negligence. She is a contributor to Hill & Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant and is ranked as a leading junior barrister in real estate litigation by the leading directories, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Swita Kothari is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team at CMS Legal. She has over 13 years’ experience in all aspects of residential transactions. Swita advises on initial structuring of PRS and BTR schemes, legislative changes such as the Renters’ Rights Act and leasehold enfranchisement matters. She acts for landlords and tenants on sales and acquisition transactions, lettings and general management work and for Banks on real estate finance work involving residential assets. Eleanor Murray is a Partner at CMS and heads the firm’s enfranchisement and residential disputes team. She is an expert in all aspects of residential disputes, specialising in enfranchisement, residential service charges and right to manage instructions. She acts for a range of residential and mixed-use landlords including landed estates, investors and developers. Hugh Rowan is a commercial chancery barrister at Tanfield Chambers, specialising in property law, with particular expertise in leasehold enfranchisement and the right to manage. He has appeared in a number of leading cases on building safety and service charges, and is a regular contributor to property law publications.