Angharad Howells
Angharad is a Senior Associate in our Commercial Disputes team.
Angharad specialises in property related disputes, commercial litigation, and professional negligence claims.
She deals with a broad range of property disputes including possession claims, forfeiture proceedings, dilapidation claims, rights of way and boundary disputes and claims for adverse possession.
Having acted for mortgage lenders in dealing with mortgage-related property, professional negligence and mortgage fraud litigation, Angharad has expertise in remedying property title defects both by transactional means; and through applications to the Land Registry/First Tier Tribunal or Court.
Angharad has acted for clients ranging from lenders and insurers to other businesses (small, medium and large) and private individuals. She provides training to clients and delivered a presentation at the Welsh Fraud Forum on “Fraud in Lender Claims”.
Angharad is a fluent Welsh speaker.
- Conduct of proceedings involving mortgage fraud, including the handling of a multi million pound professional negligence claim.
- Conduct of Land Registry/First Tier Tribunal proceedings.
- Acting for claimant landlords in proceedings for forfeiture of commercial leases.
- Conduct of defence in right of way dispute with complex historical background concerning ownership of the land.
- Commercial litigation
- Professional negligence
- Property disputes
- Possession claims
- Forfeiture proceedings
- Dilapidation claims
- Rights of way
- Boundary disputes
- Adverse possession claims
- Mortgage fraud litigation
Career
- Senior Associate, Capital Law Limited (Sep 2021 – present)
- Associate Solicitor, Morgan LaRoche Limited (Jul 2016 – Jul 2017 and Jun 2018 – Apr 2020)
- Associate, Eversheds Sutherland LLP (Apr 2008 – Jun 2016)
- Solicitor, Ashfords LLP (2005 – 2008)
Education
- University of Wales, Cardiff: LPC (2001 – 2002)
- Aberystwyth University: LLB (1998 – 2001)
Memberships / Trustee Positions
- The Law Society of England and Wales
Languages
- Welsh