Olivia Davies

Housing

Events – Zoom webinar – the lifting of the possession stay.

Recent instructions include:

• Obtaining multiple orders for immediate possession and use & occupation (with costs), including in cases of ASB and against trespassers.

• Obtaining an injunction for the term of the tenancy enabling a landlord to carry out annual gas safety inspections in compliance with its duty under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
  
  
• Advising Local Authorities on various disrepair matters arising under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

• Drafting deferences to claims made under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

While a pupil, Olivia gained experience of a range of housing matters, including:

• Drafting an advice for a local authority in relation to an appeal under s 204 Housing Act 1996 and what constitutes “reasonable living expenses”.

• Drafting summary grounds of opposition to a claim that a local authority failed to undertake a statutory review under s 202 of the Housing Act 1996

Anti-Social behaviour 

Recent instructions include: 

• Obtaining a closure order under section 80 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and subsequent extension of the closure order under section 82 for the maximum period.

• Representing Local Authorities at Committal hearings after breaches of ASB injunctions.

• Drafting grounds of appeal under s 46 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 against the issue of a Community Protection Notice for fly-tipping, leading to the withdrawal of the Community Protection Notice by the Local Authority.

• Representing a Housing Association in a trial for a final ASB injunction under s 1 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

• Securing a civil stalking protection order under the Stalking Protection Act 2019 on behalf of the Metropolitan Police.

Information Law

Events – Zoom webinar - GDPR 2 years on - Lessons learned and practical tips for compliance
22.06.2020

Recent instructions include:

• Advising on prospects of success and drafting pleadings for and against claims made under the GDPR/DPA 2018.

As a pupil, Olivia gained the following information law expertise:

• Drafting an advice on whether a Government department's processing of personal data as part of a surveillance programme complied with GDPR.
  
  
• Drafting an advice on the prospects of a DPA representative claim against a Big Tech company.
  
  
• Drafting an advice on whether a contractual confidentiality clause prevented disclosure of documents to the ICO.

Public Law and judicial review

Olivia was recently instructed as junior to draft the Statement of Facts of Grounds in support of an application for permission for judicial review of a grant of planning permission.

• Editor of the 2020 edition of Volume 25(2) of Atkins' Court Forms on Local Government.

As a pupil, Olivia gained the following experience:

• Drafting a Statement of Facts and Grounds in support of a judicial review claim against a Government department for the disclosure of refugees' personal data.

• Assisting with drafting the Statement of Facts and Grounds for the SNP's judicial review claim in R (on application of the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party) v. ITV Broadcasting Ltd [2019] EWHC 3282 (Admin)

• Drafting an advice on the lawfulness of the consultation exercise undertaken by a Council prior to library closures.

Commercial

Recent instructions include:

• Successfully representing the Claimant in a small claims track trial brought in respect of sub-standard building work.

• Successfully representing a public body in an application to set aside default judgment in a financial claim.

• Drafting pleadings in a High Court claim for breach of a loan agreement.

• Editor of the 2021 volume of Atkins' Court Forms on Bills of Sale

As a pupil, Olivia's experience included:

• Drafting an advice on the consequences of failing to file group accounts in accordance with s 399 of the Companies Act 2006.

• Drafting a skeleton argument for an application to strike out a claim of unlawful means conspiracy.

• Drafting an advice on the lawfulness of HMRC's alcohol wholesaler registration scheme.

Planning and Environment

Recent experience includes:

• Being instructed as a junior to draft the statement of facts and grounds in an application for permission for judicial review of a grant of planning permission.

As a pupil, Olivia's experience included:

• Drafting summary grounds of resistance to a judicial review claim against a Council's grant of planning permission for a solar farm.

• Drafting a Statement of Facts and Grounds in support of a judicial review claim against a Council's decision to adopt a Masterplan without complying with the requirements for Supplementary Planning Documents.

• Drafting a skeleton argument for a statutory review under s 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

• Drafted an advice on the lawfulness of revisions to a s 106 agreement.

Licensing

Zoom webinar: Licensing in the COVID-19 Era. Date 15.10.2020.

Recent experience includes:

• Advising on the prospects of success of an application to vary a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003.