James Smith

James joined Birketts as a Trainee Solicitor in 2021.

He qualified as a Solicitor in September 2023 in our Property Disputes Team. He is based in our Ipswich office.

James’ first seat was with our Commercial Property Team in the Chelmsford office. He assisted the team with a wide range of commercial property work and gained an insight into housebuilding transactions working alongside the Housebuilding Team.

His second seat was with our Social Housing Team in the London office, whereby he worked in both a contentious and non-contentious capacity, assisting the wider team on general landlord and tenant litigation, acquisitions and development.

James’ third seat was spent with our Property Litigation Team, which involved working on a wide range of contentious issues for both private individuals and commercial clients including lease renewals, forfeiture, repossessions, break clauses, breach of covenants, applications for consent, boundary disputes and residential disputes. James chose to continue in Property Litigation for his fourth seat.