Direct Access Barrister

Tazafar Asghar

I am a barrister and my field of expertise is in the areas of construction contracts, landlord and tenant and property disputes, public law and judicial review, regulatory matters, consumer credit, telecommunications, data protection, Fintech, e-transactions and payment services, Licensing, HMO's and service charges.

Area of Law

Banking and Financial Services

Contractual relationships between borrowers and lenders, consumer credit, enforcement of personal guarantees, peer to peer landing platforms and FCA rules and guidance.

Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure

Procurement contracts, Public Contracts Regulations, PPM and TPC contracts for major and cyclical repairs

Freedom of Information and Data Protection

Data protection breaches, subject access requests, damages under the Data Protection Act 2018, freedom of information, Environmental Information Regulations.

Information Technology and Telecommunications

Electronic Communications Code, Code rights, addition and removal of apparatus

Landlord and Tenant

Possession actions. Disrepair, leasehold extensions, service charges, commercial leases including extensions, forfeiture, breaches of covenants, licences, HMO's.

Licensing

Premises licences and appeals, tables and chairs licences, renewal of licences.

Local Government

Judicial review, public procurement contracts, housing.

Property

Large scale regeneration projects, boundary disputes, easements, restrictive covenants

Public and Administrative Law

Judicial review challenges against public bodies including local authorities and Ombudsman including, legal services ombudsman, housing ombudsman and local government ombudsman.

What sort of work do I do?

Tazafar Asghar provides advice and representation in a variety of civil matters. He deals with all aspects of local government law and policy advice, judicial review, HMO's including additional and selective licensing, licensing premises, table and chair licences, Taxi licences, food premises
His field of expertise also covers construction and procurement contracts and has successfully defended procurement challenges against public bodies.
He has acted for both public and private landlords in bringing and defending possession proceedings. He acts for both commercial and residential landlords in all aspects of property disputes including tenancy renewals under the 1954 Act, right to buy, disrepair, forfeiture, rent arrears and service charges.
He also acts for clients on terms of facility agreements, peer to peer landing platforms, contractual relationships between borrowers and lenders, novation, assignment, enforcement of guarantees and consumer transactions and has a working knowledge of the FCA Handbook of rules and guidance.

Who do I work for?

Local Authorities, Financial Institutions, commercial and residential landlords

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