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.
News
- Accommodating Asylum Seekers: Legal Issues Arising from the Use of Hotel Accommodation12 Dec 2022
- Cornerstone Housing Newsletter – October 202207 Nov 2022
- Some things about the Building Safety Act 2022 you want to know but were too afraid to ask03 Nov 2022
- “Housing law can be highly complex” – Private Rented Sector Offers and strict compliance with the statutory requirements03 Nov 2022
- Sarah Salmon chairs the Social Housing Law Association Annual Conference01 Nov 2022
Cases
- Upper Tribunal confirms that property guardianship companies must licence premises as HMOs28 Sep 2022
- 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