Barrister Profile  

Tony is an experienced and highly regarded practitioner whose work cuts across a wide range of areas. He is able to bring his wide experience to bear on a variety of problems, to produce practical solutions.

Tony has been a specialist housing practitioner for over 20 years.

Tony is a discrimination law expert. He has an in-depth knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and the full range of equality issues.

Tony has provided training in all aspects of housing law, including:

• Mental Health and Housing;
• Disability Discrimination;
• Homelessness;
• Anti-Social Behaviour.

Tony was appointed a part-time Employment Judge in 2011.

Housing

All aspects of housing law, including:

• S.204 Appeals
• Construction of tenancy agreements
• Rent & arrears
• Defences under the Equality Act 2010 & the PSED
• Public Law and Article 8 ECHR defences
• Tenancy deposits, Superstrike & Housing Act 2004
• Introductory tenancies
• ASB cases
• Housing conditions & disrepair
• Unlawful eviction and harassment
• Unlawful subletting
• Mortgagee Possession cases
• Mediation

Residential and Commercial Landlord & Tenant

• Disrepair
• Construction of leases
• Claims to possession of land
• Estoppels and equitable defences

Local Government

• Allocations
• Community care
• Appeals under the Housing Act 1996

Regulatory

• Unfair dismissal
• All aspects of discrimination law
• Whistleblowing
• TUPE
• Unlawful deduction from wages and holiday pay

Public Access

The main advantage of the public access is that in certain circumstances it is now possible for barristers to accept work directly from members of the public, organisations and commercial companies without incurring the additional expense of a solicitor. Using a barrister direct will save a significant amount of money and you can instruct a specialist barrister. This whole process is not only cost effective but quite often a quicker process.

Public Law

Community Care / Court of Protection

Anti-Social Behaviour

Grogan v LB Greenwich (2001) 33 HLR 12

Gill v Ford Motor Co; Wong v BAE [2004] IRLR 840

Arthur v London Eastern Railway Ltd [2005] UKEAT, PA/0037/05

Balfour Beatty Power Networks v Wilcox; Seymour v Interserve Industrial Services [2006] EWCA Civ 1240, [2007] IRLR 63

Parekh v The London Borough of Brent [2012] EWCA Civ 1630.

• HLPA
• Adminstrative Law Bar Association
• Discrimination Law Association
• Employment Law Bar Association