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7-9 PRATT STREET
LONDON
NW1 0AE
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Alex McMahon
Work Department
Housing and Social Care
Property Litigation
Position
Associate Solicitor
Career
Alex joined Osbornes Solicitors in 2010 as a paralegal in the Litigation Team. He commenced his training contract in 2013, and qualified as a solicitor in the Property Litigation Team in September 2015. He specialises in all aspects of housing and public law including homelessness, possession, unlawful eviction, disrepair and other landlord/tenant disputes.
Alex read law at the University of Nottingham, where he went on to study for a Master of Laws degree in International Criminal Law and Armed Conflict. He moved to London in 2009 to further his interest in human rights law and spent a year at the London School of Economics. He completed his LPC at BPP in 2013.
Alex is an Honorary Legal Adviser at the Citizens Advice Bureau in the Borough of Camden. He also represents tenants at the solicitor duty desk scheme at the Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
Osbornes is highly regarded for conducting judicial review challenges against local authorities and the SSHD, especially in regard to adverse age assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors. The team is led by William Ford, who has brought numerous successful judicial review challenges on behalf of a wide range of claimants, including homeless applicants, care leavers, disabled persons, migrants subjected to a hostile environment, and social security claimants. Alex McMahon advises on issues concerning housing, community care, and asylum support, while senior associate Edward Taylor focuses on protecting the rights of children, regularly working with international charities to do so.
London > Real estate > Social housing: tenant
The social housing team at Osbornes is led by William Ford, a ‘standout‘ expert in all aspects of social housing who is ‘involved in cutting-edge cases in the higher courts as well as invaluable frontline work‘. Ford is particularly notable in community care matters and its crossover with housing law, an area which is a growing specialism for the team. The team has demonstrable experience in advising clients on issues involving vulnerable clients who have claims against local authorities and housing associations. Senior associate Edward Taylor is dedicated to acting for disadvantaged individuals, particularly those who are homeless and individuals with mental health problems. The group has developed expertise in several specialist areas, such as advising EU nationals on their legal status and bringing challenges in asylum age assessment cases. Senior associate Alex McMahon has experience running Equality Act and human rights defences.