About Bahareh Amani
Bahareh joined Hodge Jones and Allen as a Senior Associate in November 2018. Prior to this, she was at her previous firm for over 8 years where she was a Partner at the firm and one of the Housing supervisors for both Social Housing, Property Disputes and Residential Conveyancing.
She litigates across a broad range of areas of housing and property law disputes ranging from disrepair claims, landlord and tenant disputes, possession claims, review/appeals relating to local authority housing decisions. She also has experience in property disputes to include disputes concerning freeholders or leaseholders, and Notices issued by the Local Authority. She was the Duty solicitor at Barnet County Courts where she represented and acted on behalf of Tenants in defending possession proceedings, as well as acting for Landlords on possession matters.
Bahareh enjoys defending possession proceedings particularly involving invalid notices and pursuing matters of disrepair within the same set of proceedings which she enjoys as she is able to regularly negotiate and reach settlements for her clients.
"Bahareh is always very helpful, efficient and lets us feel comfortable with what she is doing."
Notable Cases
- Camden LBC v Tonello [2013] All ER (D) 72 (Jan), March 2013 Legal Action
- Chalmiston Properties Ltd v Boudia 2015, Barnet County Court, Legal Action Dec 15/Jan 16
- Private landlord seeking possession against a tenant for arrears of rent, despite the tenant suffering with extremely poor conditions. Settlement was reached whereby the client received compensation, repairs to his property and a fixed term tenancy agreement for 3 years with the rent being fixed to below market rate for the duration of his tenancy.
Client Comments
- “I work with very vulnerable people in the community and I always refer them to HJA. Bahareh Amani who deals with housing matters has helped many of my referrals from defending evictions to ensuring that council’s and landlords duties to tenants are met. She has dealt with my referrals with kindness and compassion. She spends a lot of time supporting their emotional wellbeing which is rare with solicitors and what makes her stand out above the rest and a credit to what HJA stands for. I would highly recommend this firm.”
- “Worked with Bahareh to fix a civil dispute between myself and landlord, she dealt with the issue promptly and communicated effectively between both parties. Couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.”
- “Since we met Bahareh at the initial 9 months ago to the end of concluding our case, she has shown a professionalism, consistency and appropriate advise and support on timely manner. We would like to thank her personally for the quality services she provided to us.” – Zewdie and Negash
- “I contacted Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors to advise and assist me in getting back my belongings from my landlord. Solicitor Bahareh worked on my case. After finding out that my landlord had disposed of my belongings, Bahareh was able to reach a settlement with the landlord to compensate me for all my belongings without going to court. I really appreciated the way she dealt with my entire case. Thank you.”
Career & Personal Interests
Career
- Hodge Jones & Allen, November 2018 – Present
- SSP Law, April 2010 – 2018
- Trainee Solicitor at Baskin Ross and Co August 2008 – April 2010
Education
- MA History and Politics, Birkbeck University, 2014 – 2016
- Legal Practice Course – College of Law, 2007 – 2008
- Law LLB (Hons) 2:1– Queen Mary University of London, 2004 – 2007
Languages
- Fluent: English and Farsi (Persian)
- Basic Introductory: French, German and Arabic
Personal Interests
Bahareh enjoys travelling to different countries and continents and experiencing new cultures and languages, which she is always keen to learn. She is a passionate cook and enjoys hosting varied dinner parties and gatherings as well as eating out with friends and family.