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Alexander Panayi | Solicitor

I am a Solicitor in the Housing team. I joined HJA as a Housing Paralegal in March 2016 before starting my training contract with the firm in September 2017. I concluded my training in March 2019 having completed seats in the Housing, Personal Injury and Dispute Resolution departments. Across my career I have worked in Housing law for over five years.

As a keen advocate I have represented clients via the Court Duty Scheme at Barnet and Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Courts. In addition, I have advocated in other County Courts across London on behalf of both Landlords and Tenants, in bringing and defending possession proceedings. I am also experienced in homelessness reviews and appeals, as well as disrepair matters.

Education

Law LLB (Hons) 2:1– Nottingham Trent University, 2008-2011
Legal Practice Course – College of Law, 2011-2012

Career

Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen, September 2019 – present
Trainee Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen, September 2017 – 2019
Paralegal at Hodge Jones & Allen, March 2016 – August 2017
Paralegal at Moreland & Co Solicitors, September 2014 – February 2016
Paralegal at SSP Law, January 2013 – August 2014
Citizens Advice Bureau (Hendon) August 2012 – November 2012

Client comments

“You were fantastic and I would recommend you to friends and family. Thank you for all your help.”

Personal interests

I regularly play football and am an avid supporter of Chelsea FC, as well as following the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL. In addition I enjoy tennis, having attended Wimbledon on numerous occasions. I enjoy eating out and travelling, having most recently visited India and Italy.

Posts by Alexander Panayi

How can a contract be held voidable or void?

Posted on 5th December 2018

We enter into contracts on a daily basis in our lives sometimes without a second thought to what happens when things go wrong. It is vital that parties to a contract should be aware of whether and when that contract may be void or voidable. When does a contract form?

Fundamental Dishonesty, what is it and the implications?

Posted on 14th November 2018

Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (“QOCS”) rules were introduced into the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) on 1st April 2013 as part of Lord Justice Jackson’s reforms. The rules are contained within CPR 44.13 – 44.17 and CPR44 Practice Direction Section 12. The rules were introduced to allow a Claimant to avoid costs liability if their case failed, as long as they had not been guilty of fundamental dishonesty.

No choices and no hope – Homes for Asylum seekers described as “a disgrace”

Posted on 13th March 2018

Around 40,000 people are currently housed by the Home Office while their claims for refugee status are decided. In 2012 the Home Office contracts to provide housing for dispersed asylum seekers were taken from Local Authorities and awarded to three companies, G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes under the Compass (Commercial and Operational Managers Procuring Asylum Support Services) contracts. These contracts run until 2019.

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