News

We are delighted to sponsor the Social Housing Law Association’s 2021 annual conference which takes place online on Friday 19 November.

We are delighted to announce that Sarah McKeown has been appointed a part-time fee-paid judge in the First Tier Tribunal (property chamber).

Francis Hoar appeared in the High Court today on behalf of GP Dr Samuel White. Dr White was appealing an order of the General Medical Council banning him from discussing the Covid-19 pandemic on social media.

Christine Cooper discusses a pro bono case she was referred to by Advocate, in which she helped a couple clear their names and get damages after an unjust safeguarding inquiry.

Deputy senior clerk, Mark Townsend is the first point of contact for the referrers of pro bono work. He helps identify a suitable barrister to take on each case. Here he explains what pro bono means to him.

Nikolas Clarke represented the local authority social services’ department in an inquest concerning MM, a 17-year-old young man, who died in February 2020. MM was being housed by the local authority.

Rebecca Handcock wrote a detailed pro bono advice for a woman who had longstanding issues with a local authority. Her complaints related to housing and homelessness and stretched back to 2006.

We are delighted to welcome Savannah Bullen-Manson as a new tenant. Savannah's areas of practice are family, property and Court of Protection.

Christine Cooper represented the London Borough of Ealing which successfully defended an application for judicial review concerning a Care Act assessment carried out remotely. The claimant was refused permission for a judicial review.

Professor Bill Bowring is representing the Bar Council of England & Wales at the first ever meeting between the ECHR and representatives of the Bars and Law Societies of the 47 Council of Europe’s member states.