Weightmans partner takes role as chair of Law Society Housing Committee

A partner at national law firm Weightmans LLP has been appointed Chair of the Law Society Housing Law Committee for a three year term.

Sian Evans, head of the social housing team at the firm, has been sitting on the committee for the past three years and will take on her new role as Chair from 1 September 2011.

The Law Society Housing Law Committee is a group of specialist housing solicitors that lobby the Government and prepare responses to Government consultations on relevant housing issues. As Chair, Sian will lead this process to seek to improve housing law, procedure and practice.

“The Committee plays an important role in developing the debate around housing law issues. I look forward to leading the Committee’s representations to the Government on issues we all feel passionately about,” said Sian.

“The social housing sector is currently experiencing a real period of change, whether in response to the public spending cuts, housing crisis or specific legal challenges. I hope the Committee will be able to use its position to address these issues with Government on behalf of housing providers.”

The appointment comes at a busy period for Sian, whose social housing team has expanded considerably following Weightmans’ merger with Mace & Jones. The team has also recently taken on a new hire, associate Jane Plant, in response to its growing client base.