Vincent Davis

I am a Solicitor in the Housing department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. I work as part of Director, Manjinder Kaur Atwal's team.

With a background in the not for profit advice sector and a training contract covering seats in social welfare law, including housing and debt, welfare benefits and employment, I qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and thereafter specialised in housing and debt.

I have in the course of my career represented some very vulnerable clients including those with mental illnesses or learning disabilities and clients who were street homeless. I carry out a varied caseload of housing matters, often with a community care element, including homelessness reviews and appeals, defending possession proceedings, applications to suspend warrants of possession, disrepair claims, public law matters and anti-social behaviour injunctions.

I represent tenants of all tenures, local authority, housing association and private, and in mortgage possession proceedings, homeowners and prior to joining Duncan Lewis Solicitors, I had spent time representing mainly housing association and local authority landlords, usually in anti-social behaviour matters, though my work extended also to non-contentious advice on tenancy and licence agreements and on policies, including anti-social behaviour and lettings policies.

I particularly enjoy defending tenants and homeowners on the county court housing possession duty scheme where I have been able to assist tenants and homeowners in defending possession claims in court on the day of their hearing. I find that the work is fast paced with a quick turnover of clients and an immediate tangible outcome.

• Legal Practice Course and Common Professional Examination - Manchester Metropolitan University
• BSc (Hons) Social Sciences - University of Salford

• Duncan Lewis Solicitors, 2020-present
• Tozers LLP, 2019-2020
• Shelter, 2017-2019
• Springfield Advice and Law Centre, 2010-2017
• Admitted as a solicitor, 2008
• Mary Ward Legal Centre (trainee solicitor), 2006-2008

• "Vincent Davis is exceptional at dealing with difficult cases, opponents, and clients"- Legal 500 UK 2023


• "Vincent Davis has particular experience with vulnerable clients" - Legal 500 UK 2023

• Recommended Lawyer - Legal 500 UK, (2024 - 2023)

• I am a keen reader, both fiction and non-fiction. My non-fiction interests include politics, economics and history and some popular science. My fiction reading is quite broad but my guilty pleasure is in fantasy, science fiction and horror.
• I enjoy walking or cycling in the countryside or on the coast in the West Country and visiting heritage railways.