Claire Mullen

Claire Mullen is a court solicitor with over 10 years experience specialising in the provision of legal advice in respect of litigation matters.  

She is recognised by the Law Society of Scotland as an Accredited Specialist in Housing and Residential Tenancy Law.

Claire is an integral part of the team dealing with all types of housing law related matters. In addition to her Registered Social Landlord related work, she leads our First-tier Tribunal team dealing with both the Private Rented Sector team and Property Factor Complaints. 

In addition to recognising the importance of achieving a successful outcome Claire is acutely aware of a client’s need to be informed and she has been commended for “always being available to give staff advice and provide immediate updates”.

She is able to advise clients on a range of housing issues including all areas of tenancy law, eviction actions, rent arrears, matters of succession, repairs, debt recovery actions, sequestration and antisocial behaviour.

As well as advising on housing law issues, Claire has experience in the court and/or First-tier Tribunal (Housing and Property Chamber) involving debt recovery, evictions, rent arrears and sequestrations from taking initial instructions, negotiating terms of settlement and appearing in court/Tribunal in disputed actions. She has a thorough understanding of both procedures and is able to give clients practical advice on how each process works.

Claire provides advice on Private Rented Sector legislation and leads training on tenancy matters for Landlord Accreditation Scotland. 

In addition, Claire is also the current Chairwoman of SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust