Luke Edwards LLB (Hons)

Luke Edwards joined Hunt & Coombs as a Solicitor in March 2023, having spent two years working in the Dispute Resolution Department of a law firm with offices across Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

Luke obtained his LLB (Hons) degree at Swansea University and completed the Legal Practice Course at The University of Law in Surrey before undertaking his training contract at a regional firm in the South East in 2018.

Luke has experience acting for and advising businesses and individuals on a range of civil practice matters, including disputes pertaining to:

debt recovery;
consumer rights;
breach of contract;
lease forfeiture and enforceability;
commercial section 25 & section 26 lease renewal disputes;
residential section 8 & section 21 possession claims;
boundary disputes and claims for adverse possession;
covenants, rights of way and other easement disputes; and
Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 applications.

As well as conducting a number of claims issued in the County Court and High Court, Luke has experience in effectively representing parties in Alternative Dispute Resolution (notably Mediation).

Luke aims to take a clear and proactive approach to all disputes, whilst ensuring that his clients are kept fully apprised throughout.

Expertise

Luke is experienced in the following:

assisting both residential and commercial landlords and tenants in disputes involving alleged breaches of tenancy agreements or leases. This can include matters involving rent and/or service charge arrears, residential repossession notices and commercial forfeiture.
acting for proprietors on disputes involving the determination of a boundary.
preparing and lodging applications at the County Court for an Order for Sale where one or more parties wish to realise their interest held in a property and the other proprietor(s) are refusing to either purchase the interest or to sell the property.

Luke is experienced in the following:

preparing and lodging court applications for the setting aside of a statutory demand served on an incorporated company.
assisting businesses on the recovery of monies owed by third parties or ex-shareholders.
having shareholders or directors of companies who have been incorrectly named in proceedings removed as a party.
advising shareholder(s) of a company who are in dispute with one or more other shareholders on legal matters pertaining to the company.

Luke is experienced in the following:

assisting individuals and companies in recovering monies owed to them by a third party.
defending debt claims brought against individuals and businesses.
successfully obtaining summary judgment or default judgment without the need for trial.

Luke is experienced in the following:

advising individuals on consumer rights disputes involving the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
advising businesses on disputes involving the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
seeking legal remedies on behalf of clients for breaches of contracts incorporating statutory terms from the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Sale of Goods Act 1979 and/or other relevant legislation.
pursuing compensation, repairs or refunds for goods or services that fail to accord with relevant statutory protections.

Testimonials

"Progress updates and advice on next steps is very helpful and comforting for the customer. This was provided by H&C and helped build trust and confidence."

“...Luke Edwards was the only solicitor who took the time to listen and understand our situation, provide his professional opinion and give very valuable advice throughout a very stressful time all while keeping the costs aspect under control. We have won one of two cases now and I feel like without Luke's help and support, we would have not made it this far.”

"My dealings were with Luke Edwards. He had carefully read the documents concerning my matter and therefore was quickly able to grasp what was a complicated issue. He was very thoughtful and clear in his advice to me, and wrote extremely good letters on my behalf."