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Julia Thomson

Julia Thomson

UK 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

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Practice Areas

Julia heads the social housing property team at Ward Hadaway. She is an experienced residential development lawyer, specializing in social housing. She advises registered providers, house builders and promoters.

Julia’s primary practice is work for registered providers encompassing security work, land – led schemes, bulk purchases, projects and disposals. She co-ordinates the multi-disciplinary team at Ward Hadaway advising RPs on their developments from inception to low cost disposal / rent and use as security.

She also works on behalf of national and regional house builders and land owners in all aspects of the residential development transaction, with a particular emphasis on acquiring and assembling complex sites and delivering large projects.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Social Housing - North East & Yorkshire

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Julia Thomson is well regarded for her practice, which sees her advising registered providers on site transactions and development projects.

Real Estate - North East

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Julia is highly respected in the real estate sector, with experience across a broad range of property matters. She has a particular focus on large scale development projects.

Strengths

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  • Julia is a very experienced and capable lawyer in this sector and has great attention to detail and a superb client service ethos. I would not hesitate to recommend her.

    Social HousingChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Julia is fantastic. Nothing is too much trouble. She responds to my queries on the same day and she juggles complex legal matters well.

    Social HousingChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Julia is very well respected by clients, very smart and good technically. She delivers a good quality service.

    Real EstateChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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