Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Law Team has co-written an article for Legal Action Group, with Dianne Cowie of Duncan Lewis and Laura Coyle of Turpin Miller.
In the article, ‘Fee increases should be the start of wider reform’, The Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) emphasised the urgent need to expand the scope of housing legal aid, particularly for disrepair issues, which remain excluded.
HLPA pointed to the Grenfell Tower fire as a tragic example of the consequences of restricted legal aid, arguing that tenants’ safety concerns were ignored due to a lack of access to legal advice. The association formally urged the Lord Chancellor and Housing Minister to expand legal aid coverage.
Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin is ranked in Chambers UK for Social Housing, Community Care, and Civil Liberties and Human Rights and is also identified as a leading junior in the Legal 500 for Social Housing, Court of Protection and Community Care, and Administrative Law and Human Rights. Tim’s practice concerns all aspects social housing working including possession, disrepair and housing standards work, homelessness, allocation of social housing, community care including migrant support.
Tim’s practice in housing and homelessness is largely in the High Court or Appellate courts or in complex specialist proceedings in the County Court. He is also Co-Chair of HLPA, and a member of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) advisory panel.
