Barrister Profile  

Brooke became a member of chambers in October 2017. Having gained a wide range of experience under the supervision of Jonathan Manning, Justin Bates and Toby Vanhegan, Brooke accepts instructions in matters relating to all of Chambers’ core practice areas.

Anti-Social Behaviour

Brooke has extensive experience of all areas of anti-social behaviour law, including possession proceedings, injunction proceedings and committal hearings. She spent six weeks seconded to a large housing association where she regularly drafted applications and attended hearings for injunctions under the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Brooke assisted Jonathan Manning in a number of significant ASB cases, including Pardoe v Birmingham CC [2016] EWHC 3119 (QB).

Before joining the Bar, Brooke worked as an Anti-social Behaviour Officer at a large Housing Association. This position has provided her with invaluable insight into the practical aspects of preventing and tackling ASB.

Community Care / Court of Protection

Brooke accepts instructions in the Court of Protection that relate to housing and community care. She is keen to expand her practice in the Court of Protection.

Education

Brooke has experience of school exclusion appeals having represented pupils on a pro bono basis for the School Exclusion Project whilst completing her post-graduate studies. She represented a number of pupils permanently excluded from school at hearings in front of school governing bodies and Independent Review Panels.

Brooke is particularly interested in education law and is keen to expand her practice in this area.

Housing

Brooke’s practice covers all aspects of housing law including possession, homelessness, allocations, anti-social behaviour, unlawful eviction, disrepair, succession and assignment.

Brooke has a particular interest in homelessness law having been supervised by Toby Vanhegan during pupillage. Brooke assisted Toby in a number of s.204 homelessness appeals and judicial review proceedings. In particular, Brooke assisted Toby Vanhegan and Riccardo Calzavara in the Court of Appeal in Trindade v Hackney LBC [2017] EWCA Civ 942 and in the High Court in Bucknall v Dacorum BC [2017] EWHC 2094 (QB).

Real Property

Brooke accepts instructions in relation to a wide range of property and landlord and tenant disputes. In particular, Brooke has experience of dealing with residential leasehold disputes involving service charges and the entitlement to recover identified costs against leaseholders and the enforcement of the costs of major works following s.20 consultation.

During pupillage Brooke assisted Justin Bates in a number of important property disputes concerning management orders and acquisition of the right to manage. These cases included, Elim Court RTM Co Ltd v Avon Freeholds Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 89 and (1) Octagon Overseas Ltd (2) Canary Riverside Estate Management Ltd v Alan Coates [2017] EWHC 877 (Ch).

Public Law

Brooke has assisted Toby Vanhegan and Riccardo Calzavara in drafting applications to the European Court of Human Rights in Watts v UK, Davies v UK and Mayo v UK.

Regulatory

Brooke accepts instructions in all areas of regulatory law relating to chambers’ core practice areas. She has experience of housing enforcement and property licensing matters.

Assistant Editor of Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice

Housing Law Practitioners Association

Property Bar Association

Social Housing Law Association

Administrative Law Bar Association

Bar Professional Training Course, City University, Outstanding

Graduate Diploma in Law, City University, Commendation

BA (Hons.) English, University of Cambridge, 2.1

Brooke was awarded a Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship and Exhibition awards for her Graduate Diploma in Law and for her Bar Professional Training Course.