William was a senior legal officer for a local authority and a legal manager for a large scale voluntary transfer RSL prior to practice at the Bar. He advises and represents both public sector landlords and their tenants. He is listed as a leading barrister in housing in Chambers UK.
Barrister Profile
"He has the edge in understanding how clients operate"Chambers and Partners
Summary
Areas of Practice
Housing
Housing management; stock transfer; housing allocation schemes; homelessness; housing benefit; grants and subsidies; right to buy; housing conditions and disrepair; unlawful eviction.
Local Government
Constitutional and administrative regulation; framework arrangements; powers; judicial review; local government liability; human rights; standards and ethics; best value; finance; grants and subsidies; re-generation; public/private sector arrangements; contracts; procurement; acquisition, disposal and management of housing; environmental health and protection; ant-social behaviour.
Regulatory
Status; powers; regulation; contracts; acquisition, disposal and management of housing; landlord and tenant; leases and tenancy agreements; security of tenure; possession proceedings; rents and service charges; right to buy and right to acquire; housing conditions and disrepair; anti-social behaviour; human rights.
Residential and Commercial Landlord & Tenant
Residential and commercial: rent review; possession proceedings; lease renewal; rents and service charges.
Public Law
Anti-Social Behaviour
Recommendations
Social Housing (Band 2)
Noteworthy Cases
Allocations
R (Bibi) v Camden LBC [2004] EWHC 2527 (Admin); [2005] HLR 18
Local Government & Housing
R (Couronne) v Crawley BC [2007] EWCA Civ 1086; [2008] 1 WLR 2762
Watford BC v Simpson (2000) 32 HLR 901, CA
Homelessness
Crawley BC v B (2000) 32 HLR 636, C.A
Cafun v Bromley BC Legal Action January 2001, p27, QBD (Admin Ct)
Bond v Leicester CC [2001] EWCA Civ 1544; [2002] HLR 6
Business Rates
Croydon LBC v Maxon Systems Incorporated (London) Ltd [1999] RA 286, QB
Legal Publications
Author/co-author
Local Government Act 2003 (Current Law annotations)
RSL Finance and Rents 2000
Local Government Act 2000 (Current Law annotations)
HMOs and Management Orders in the housing section of Atkins’ Court Forms
Editor
Encyclopaedia of Local Government Finance: Law and Practice (2004-)
Journal of Local Government Law (2000)
Local Government Law Reports (2000)
Encyclopaedia of Local Government Law (1999-)
Housing Law Reports (1999)
Encyclopaedia of Housing Law (1999)
Memberships
Housing Law Practitioners’ Association
Property Bar Association
Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitration
Other
An occasional contributor to Legal Update on Local Government Law in the ‘Law Society Gazette’