Georgia Maskell

Solicitor

Areas of Expertise

Georgia is a Solicitor in our Property Litigation and Housing Management team and Information team.

As part of the Information team, Georgia regularly advises clients on dealing with complex subject access requests, data breaches and general compliance with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

On the HMPL side, Georgia assists clients on contentious matters such as anti-social behaviour and access injunctions and possession claims, and non-contentious matters such as advising on breach of lease issues, regeneration advice and service charge disputes.

Experience

Prior to commencing her training contract in 2023, Georgia worked as a Paralegal in our Construction team. In this team, she regularly advised clients on the merits of construction disputes relating to fire safety defects, water ingress and insurance claims.

Before joining Devonshires, Georgia took on work in the Kent Law Clinic working on immigration and employment cases, assisting with disability discrimination issues and family visa applications.

Publications

Education

University of Kent, LLB, 2017-2020

BPP University, LLM LPC (Solicitors) 2021

Personal

Away from the office, Georgia enjoys travelling and getting stuck into activities such as darts, axe-throwing and tree-top climbing with her friends. Her next goal is to handglide over Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

In her spare time, Georgia is a passionate foodie, avid traveller and video game enthusiast.

Notable Cases

During her seat with our Real Estate and Projects team, Georgia assisted the team with the planning of the Blackbird Leys district centre redevelopment which will soon see 294 new affordable homes delivered across two phases.

While in our Construction team, Georgia assisted with the launch of Devonshires new Sustainability and Decarbonisation team and represented Devonshires at the Retrofit Challenge Summit (March 2022).

Also during her time with our Construction team, Georgia assisted with a transfer of engagements for a large, well known RP involving the preparation and completion of hundreds of deed of novations with various contractors.

In her seat with the Housing Management department, Georgia regularly advised clients on settlement negotiations pertaining to data breaches.

Georgia has recently assisted on a possession claim where the matter was settled outside of court within weeks of trial, saving the client costs in court attendance.

Georgia assists Registered Providers of social housing with claims made against them under the Pre-Action Protocol for Media and Communication Claims.