15th August 2017
Jayesh Kunwardia, social housing partner says: “I expect that our clients will be disappointed at the narrow focus the inquiry will now take. The Terms of Reference fall some way short of covering all of the relevant circumstances we had asked for in our consultation response. It’s particularly disappointing that the broader social questions raised…
2nd August 2017
Last night (Wednesday,1 August 2017) Hodge Jones & Allen hosted an evening for Year 12 students from across the UK who are taking part in a week-long residential Summer School, organised by the UCL Access to Justice Centre. The Summer School is aimed at 16 and 17 year olds who are thinking about a career…
20th June 2017
With reports that Grenfell Tower survivors are being re-housed as far away as Preston, one of the UK’s leading social housing lawyers has called on the Government to bypass current housing law and council policy to give those left homeless by the fire more certainty over their future. Jayesh Kunwardia, partner at London law firm…
23rd February 2017
London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen has won an appeal against Westminster Council following its refusal to accommodate a vulnerable homeless man suffering from mental illness, following a two-year battle. Highlighting compelling medical evidence, the firm challenged the council through two reviews and two appeals on behalf of its client whom the council deemed…
7th February 2017
Today the Government unveiled its new housing strategy for England in a White Paper presented to the House of Commons. The communities secretary, Sajid Javid, vowed to build more affordable houses and help people buy and rent, after admitting the current market is “broken”. Sophie Bell, specialist housing lawyer at London law firm Hodge Jones…
