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Farzana Chowdhury

Farzana Chowdhury is a Partner in the Housing department at Hodge Jones & Allen. She has worked at Hodge Jones & Allen since 2001, specialising in housing law during that time. Farzana has experience dealing with a broad range of social housing law cases including disrepair, possession proceedings, unlawful eviction, harassment, discrimination and homelessness. Her particular interests lie in complex anti-social behaviour, succession, tenancy fraud and sub-letting cases. She also frequently acts for tenants who are vulnerable or have mental health issues and have required a much higher level of care and attention as a result. Farzana passionately believes in access to justice for all and works closely with several external organisations, providing advice and assistance to ensure their clients are able to access appropriate legal advice wherever possible. Farzana has dealt with a number of group litigation cases for tenants of social landlords affected by disrepair to their homes. She has managed to achieve agreements for block works as well as significant settlements for damages for her clients in these cases. · Hodge Jones & Allen

EnglandHousing, Real EstateBengali

About

Partner in the Housing department at Hodge Jones & Allen; she joined the firm in 2001 and was promoted to Associate and Partner in 2010. She specialises in social housing law, handling disrepair, possession proceedings, unlawful eviction, harassment, discrimination and homelessness, with particular focus on complex anti-social behaviour, succession, tenancy fraud and sub-letting, and has acted for vulnerable tenants and in group litigation securing block works and damages settlements.

Practice areas

HousingReal EstateLitigation

Office

Expertise

Social HousingDisrepairPossession ProceedingsUnlawful EvictionHarassmentDiscriminationHomelessnessAnti-Social BehaviourSuccessionTenancy FraudSub-lettingGroup LitigationVulnerable Tenants

Education

  • S.O.A.S, University of London — LLB (Hons), 1997
  • College of Law — LPC, 1998

Languages

Bengali