My friend Giles Peaker, who has died suddenly aged 60, was a housing lawyer whose work had a lasting and positive impact on the lives of many people.
Qualifying in 2008, after a first career as a lecturer in art history, Giles went from paralegal to partner at the London law firm Anthony Gold Solicitors in just seven years. He believed – and proved – that the law can be used to improve the rights of tenants and homeless people.
