Positioned at the forefront of social housing legal advice, Garden Court Chambers is ranked in Band 1 of the Chambers UK Bar Guide & Tier 1 in Legal 500, in recognition of our outstanding expertise in this area of law.
Areas of Expertise
- Possession claims
- Homelessness
- Disrepair and housing conditions
- Equality Act and Disability issues
- Anti-social behaviour
- Allocation of social housing
- Unlawful eviction
- Romani Gypsy and Traveller Rights
- Welfare benefits
- Community care
The Housing Team at Garden Court is one of the largest teams in the country and offers expertise across the full range of housing work. The experience available within the Team is unrivalled. We advise and represent housing clients at all court levels. Members of the Team have appeared in many of the leading cases.
We write or contribute to many practitioner texts and articles including Housing Allocation and Homelessness Law and Practice, Discrimination in Housing Law and the monthly Housing Law update in Legal Action.
Housing law cases can and often do raise aspects of immigration, family law, welfare benefits, discrimination, and criminal law. Court of Protection issues can also arise. We pride ourselves on our cross-over expertise and as part of a multi-disciplinary set of around 200 barristers, we are extremely well placed to advise on these other issues related to housing.
Our housing law barristers advise on the full range of accommodation and support issues concerning migrant welfare and asylum support. We are able to offer a complete service in social services, homelessness and connected Children Act and Care Act matters.
Thanks to our fluid and cross-disciplinary approach, we can draw on the wisdom and experience of our colleagues in Chambers who specialise in these areas.
