Olivia Pattison

Olivia is currently a final seat trainee in the Housing department. She assists Jayesh Kunwardia on a wide range of cases, including disrepair, possession and other landlord and tenant disputes. She is building on her previous housing experience from assisting Farzana Chowdhury in her first seat.

Olivia has previously completed seats in the Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Crime and Housing teams. Most recently, Olivia has assisted Alice Hardy in the Civil Liberties team with a wide range of human rights and civil litigation cases, including actions against the police and other public bodies. She worked closely with a bereaved family whose loved one died in prison and supported them through an Article 2 inquest lasting five days. She also assisted the same family with progressing their potential civil claim against the healthcare provider in the prison.

Olivia completed her second seat in Criminal Defence, where she represented clients at the police station, including those arrested during protests. She assisted in the litigation of a wide range of offences, in both the magistrates and Crown Courts, including extradition and appeal matters. In her first seat in Housing, she worked on a wide range of cases for tenants, including many disrepair cases and a complex succession case.