Solicitor

Faiza Ahmad

01923 206642
faiza.ahmad@mablaw.com

Faiza joined Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP in January 2007 to specialise in property litigation. She acts for a wide range of mainly commercial clients dealing with matters such as business lease renewals, landlord and tenant disputes, enfranchisement, squatter proceedings and insolvency related property litigation.

Faiza acts for banks and financial institutions with increasing emphasis on insolvency-related property disputes.

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Tenants given the right to choose electricity supplier

16 December 2011 | Faiza Ahmad

The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 came into force on 10 November 2011. Under these Regulations, a tenant will have the right to ask their landlord to allow a competitor electricity...

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Government signals its intention to criminalise squatting

25 March 2011 | Faiza Ahmad

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that the Government will “take steps” in 2012 to make squatting a criminal offence. Squatting is not currently a criminal offence in England and Wales, so...

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Boundaries – Financial Ruin v Compromise?

1 June 2010 | Faiza Ahmad

£30,000, £40,000, £75,000, £100,000 – significant amounts of money? Yes and these are all examples of the legal costs people across the country have recently spent on fighting boundary disputes...

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Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement Threshold to Rise to £100k from £25k

14 April 2010 | Faiza Ahmad | 1 comment

Currently, to be an Assured Shorthold Tenancy the annual rent under the tenancy must be less than £25,000 per annum. This threshold will increase to £100,000 with effect from 1 October 2010 . The statutory...