Housing
Cornerstone Barristers’ housing team is at the forefront of housing legislation and is recognised as a leading housing set by all the major UK legal guides.
What sets the team apart from competitors is members’ cross sector expertise which means they are able to advise on all aspects of a case, including interlinking issues such as the Children Act, Adult Social Care, Immigration rights, Capacity and Court of Protection work.
Our barristers advise local authorities, housing associations, registered landlords, private landlords and tenants on all aspects of housing law including:
• Housing strategy, policy and procedure
• Anti-social behaviour
• Disrepair and housing conditions
• Homelessness and allocations
• Management and policy
• Possession and eviction
• Rents and service charges
Our unparalleled sector knowledge and expertise sees our members advise on complex and ground-breaking cases such as Hotak & Kanu v Southwark LBC; Johnson v Solihull MBC; the most significant case on homelessness in over a decade, involving six members of the team appearing before the Supreme Court. We are often instructed as a referral chambers for challenging housing matters outside London.
The housing team produces a regular newsletter and offers conference and training events for clients on the latest developments.
Members of the Cornerstone Housing team were also involved in setting up the Social Housing Law Association, a knowhow exchange group which keeps practitioners at the forefront of legal and political developments.
They are very professional and have excellent expertise in specific areas and a variety of professionals to choose from at all levels in housing law.
Legal 500 (2022)
News
- What is a dwellinghouse for the purposes of the GPDO?01 Aug 2022
- Procedural rules for claims under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 – due to come into effect 1 December 202229 Jul 2022
- Cornerstone Barristers shortlisted in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 202206 Jul 2022
- Secretary of State confirms city-wide licensing designations18 May 2022
- New edition of the Housing Volume of Halsbury’s Laws of England published09 May 2022
Cases
- What is a dwellinghouse for the purposes of the GPDO?01 Aug 2022
- Selective Licensing: No ‘one right answer’ to what is the ‘Part 3’ house to be licensed15 Jul 2022
- What is a “deliberate” act?24 May 2022
- Court of Appeal confirms that there can be no late review of a s.107D(3) notice17 May 2022
- Community Protection Warning issued to a landlord is upheld04 May 2022