Specialising in Housing, Landlord and Tenant and Property, I act for both landlords and tenants.
Other areas in civil litigation include contract disputes.
I regularly present seminars to housing professionals and practitioners. Delivered paper on Gang Related Violence Injunction at the Social Housing Law Association Annual Conference (Midlands).
I have a common law background in criminal, employment and immigration law.
Notable Cases
Southwark LBC -v- Joseph [2000] CA LAG 29.
Southwark LBC -v- Adegbulu [2003] EWHC Civ 1930.
Onwuama -v- Ealing London Borough Council [2008] EWHC 1704 (QB)
PUBLICATIONS
- Housing Law contributor to Local Government Precedents and Procedures (Sweet & Maxwell) 2001 to date.
- Co-author of Housing Law Update for New Law Journal (Butterworths) 2001 - 2005.
- Author of numerous articles for New Law Journal.
- Housing Law Update - Journal of Legal Executives 2005 - 2007.
- Other articles include 'EPA and Contigency Fees' Justice of the Peace No. 11, Vat. 164 March 15th 1999.
EDUCATION
1991-1992 - Bar Finals
1986-1990 - University of Sussex, BA (Hons), Law with French
1988-1989 - Year abroad, Universite D'Aix-Marseille III.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2002 - I piloted and set up the Bar Council education and training department's 'University Visits Scheme'. This is aimed at those universities which do not traditionally have a link to the Bar. The scheme is still ongoing.
1998-2002 - Member of the Young Barristers Committee of the Bar Council. I represented the young Bar of England and Wales at conferences throughout Europe.
2001-2002 - Member of the Glidewell committee on judicial appointments.
1999-2001 - Member of Bar Council Professional Standards Committee.
1999 - Work experience with the Legal Committee of the European Parliament for one week at Strasbourg.
1993-1999 - Volunteer at Clapham and Stockwell Law Centre.
TEACHING
2006-2007 - Tutor 'Comparative Government and Politics', Boston University in London
1998-2001 - Tutor of 'Introduction to Comparative Law' at the Institute for International Education of Students (IES), 5 Bloomsbury Place, London WC1A 2QA.
1999 - Delivered paper on the Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the UK at the IES conference for American professors in Freiburg, Germany.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member of Housing Law Practitioners Association.
Committee Member of the Social Housing Law Association.
Member of the London Common Law Bar Association.
OUTSIDE INTERESTS
Occasional supporter of Liverpool FC. Reading historical novels. | 