Year of call 2008
Instructing Sam
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“He is very good at finding public law points in otherwise normal cases and grasps the depth of issues involved in these sorts of cases.”
Chambers UK 2022 (Social Housing)
“Sam has broad expertise in all matters relating to social housing. Sam is capable of spotting the important points in cases that might otherwise seem unwinnable.”
Legal 500 2022
“He knows housing law backwards.”
Chambers UK 2021 (Social Housing)
“Sam is intelligent and incisive. He can absorb complex and voluminous case papers quickly and get to the heart of the matter. Clients are confident when he is at the helm and he always delivers. He has a great rapport with clients who warm to him as soon as they meet him.”
Legal 500 2021 (Social Housing)
“Very good and very reliable.”
Legal 500 2020 (Social Housing)
“He’s very approachable. He has a laid-back manner but also a quiet confidence which reassures the clients.”
Chambers UK 2019 (Band 2, Social Housing)
“Real expertise in leasehold work before the residential property tribunal.”
Legal 500 2018
“Extremely confident and very impressive. He got hold of a complicated case at the last minute and got a good result.” “He is really reliable and gives consistently good service.”
Chambers UK 2018 (Band 2, Social Housing)
“A great barrister all round”
Legal 500 2017
“Thoroughly reliable, quick thinking and good on his feet. He’s not caught out by anything in court and is completely on top of the law.”
Chambers UK 2017
“Thorough, determined and completely reliable.”
Legal 500 2016
“He has an exhaustive knowledge of the law relating to social housing and is always ready for the fight. He is a robust advocate and can turn cases around through his cross-examination.”
Chambers UK 2016
“A bright spark in the sector.”
Chambers UK 2015
He has a “cool head” and possesses “great client care skills” and “an acute legal brain and practical approach to problem solving.”
Chambers UK 2014
“One of the most bright up-and-coming barristers working within social housing.”
Chambers UK 2013
Sam Madge-Wyld’s practice encompasses every aspect of landlord & tenant and real property law, with a particular focus on leasehold and management disputes. He regularly acts for freeholders, surveyors, property managers and leaseholders throughout the country in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), High Court and county court.
He is recommended by both the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 guides.
Sam, in addition to his busy practice, writes extensively in his areas of expertise. He is the co-author of Defending Possession Proceedings (2022), Service Charges and Management (2022), Housing Law Casebook (2017) and Quiet Enjoyment: Protection from Rogue Landlords (2017) and regularly writes articles for a number of legal journals and publications. He also lectures and teaches solicitors, property managers, private landlords and letting agents at conferences and seminars across the country.
He accepts instructions on a direct access basis from the public.
Sam acts for residential and commercial lessors, lessees, property managers and surveyors on a wide variety of leasehold disputes including:
He presents seminars and speaks at conferences on the recovery of ground rent, service and administration charges, lease variations, service of property notices and the application of the Equality Act 2010 to leasehold premises.
Sam advises and acts for clients in all areas of property law including:
Sam, as a part of his real property practice, acts for and against banks, other lenders and LPA receivers in all types of mortgage litigation.”
Sam advises and acts on property related professional negligence for and against managing agents, surveyors and solicitors.