Andrew Brookes

Housing & Property Disputes | Head of Department | Partner

“I strive for every client’s respect and confidence by giving clear and straightforward advice. When I have finished the work I am doing for them I want clients to think ‘he really made a difference.”

About Andrew Brookes

Andrew is head of our Housing Department with over 30 years’ experience in solving housing and residential property law disputes. He heads a team that advises and represents individual tenants, leaseholders and homeowners, as well as social and private landlords. Anthony Gold’s Housing Department is listed in the Legal 500 as a Tier 1 firm for Social Housing: Tenant and a Band 1 firm for the same discipline in Chambers and Partners. The Housing Department is also ranked for Property Litigation in the Legal 500. 

Andrew has assembled a team full of talented, passionate people; many of whom are recognised experts in their field. He is immensely proud of the people he works with, and their involvement in campaigning and undertaking policy work to improve the rights of tenants and leaseholders. 

A litigator at heart, Andrew is named in the Hall of Fame in the 2025 Legal 500 in the Social Housing: Tenant category. He has been with Anthony Gold since 1992 and has always been passionate about resolving housing disputes. His everyday focus is on improving his clients’ housing conditions, keeping people in their homes, and ensuring landlord/tenant relationships run smoothly. 

In 2019, the Legal 500 described Andrew as “an absolute legend in the housing space” and an “undisputed expert of housing law”. Andrew prides himself on being a solicitor who develops solutions for clients, rather than simply set out problems.  Anyone who instructs him can be confident that he has the experience, tenacity, and enthusiasm to achieve their objectives. 

Memberships & Publications

  • Board member of a South London housing association. 
  • Chair of Housing Law Practitioners Association for 6 years 
  • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Housing Law 
  • Has delivered training for Central Law Training, CPD Cast  and the Housing Law Practitioners Association.  Has delivered a seminar at the Institute of Advance Legal Studies as part of an Economic and Social Research Council funded programme. 

Awards & Accreditations

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