Hamilton Fraser buys Paul Shamplina’s Landlord Action
TV star had long-standing ties with the insurance group, which has now acquired his evictions business.
TV star Paul Shamplina’s tenant eviction solicitor firm Landlord Action has been bought by a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, the Hertfordshire-based landlord insurance group.
The Landlord Action legal team, along with Paul, will relocate from their current offices in Edgware to Hamilton Fraser’s HQ in Borehamwood.
Paul started up Landlord Action in 1999 as the UK’s first fixed-fee tenant eviction firm and so far has processed some 35,000 tenant cases.
The award-winning company, which played a role in persuading the government to make some forms of squatting a criminal office in 2012, gained Solicitors Regulation Authority status four years ago.
The acquisition makes Hamilton Fraser unusual in the property industry, mainly because it now has so many fingers in the property pie.
This includes offering landlord insurance as well as professional indemnity insurance to landlords and agents.
It also operates one of the three government-approved deposit protection schemes, called mydeposits.
Hamilton Fraser also operates Client Money Protect while its subsidiary HF Resolution, which it has used to buy Landlord Action, operates one of the industry’s redress schemes, PRS.
Nightmare tenants
Paul has been a busy recently. As well as being a brand ambassador for Hamilton Fraser and running Landlord Action, he has been filming the third series of Channel 5’s TV show Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords during which he comes to the rescue of various landlords.
The series ran for 12-week from March 5th. On top of this, Shamplina also has a weekly radio show on LBC and runs an annual charity boxing event.
“We’re extremely excited to be making this announcement,” says Paul.
“I have dedicated the last 17 years to helping landlords and agents, and I plan to continue doing so with the added support of Hamilton Fraser.
“With several brands already providing valuable services throughout the Private Rented Sector, the acquisition not only complements Hamilton Fraser’s existing business, but is a great platform from which to grow Landlord Action.”
