James Helps
Associate
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James is an Associate in the firm’s Property Litigation Team.
Main areas of practice
James acts for Landlords in a range of property litigation disputes, including residential disrepair and unfitness claims, rent and service charge recovery, residential possession claims, boundary disputes, nuisance claims, covenant enforcement and civil injunction proceedings.
Clients
James acts for Commercial Landlords and Social Housing providers in England and Wales.
Expertise & Services
Career
James graduated from Cardiff University with a Law degree in June 2014.
He was a Paralegal at Blake Morgan between 2015 and 2016, working in the Debt Recovery and Social Housing teams.
James subsequently studied the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at Cardiff University, obtaining a Distinction in June 2019.
James commenced his training contract with Blake Morgan in September 2019 and was admitted to the roll on 1 March 2021.
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Additional Expertise
James is a fluent Welsh speaker.
Insights by James
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New HMRC powers under the Finance Bill 2020
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Articles 8 April - Paul Caldicott
New business rescue moratorium in response to COVID-19
The Business Secretary announced that legislation would be introduced to amend the existing insolvency laws in England and…
Articles 2 April - Joanne Thompson
Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules: Statements of truth and witness statements
The 113th update to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 will bring about changes to a number of practice…
