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Stephanie Lovegrove
Position
Stephanie was called to the Bar in 2004. She is a highly experienced barrister who represents and advises on all aspects of housing, commercial landlord and tenant and property law, acting in cases in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and the County Court, up to and including the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. She acts for both landlords and tenants; local authorities and residents. She is recommended as a leading junior by both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 for Social Housing where she is described as a “brilliant advocate” who “has excellent attention to detail and an eye for finding novel ways of developing the law” and “demonstrates prowess across all areas of landlord and tenant law, including residential and commercial possession matters”.
Career
As well as being a former Assistant Deputy Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Housing Law, Stephanie is author of A Practical Guide to Unlawful Eviction and Harassment, now in its second edition (2020), Law Brief Publishing, and has written several articles on legal developments in the field of Housing and Local Government Law. She attended round-table meetings with the (then) Housing Minister, Mark Prisk, in 2012 concerning leasehold reform and has trained extensively on this and other cutting-edge developments Landlord and Tenant Law.
Memberships
Housing Law Practitioners’ Association
Property Bar Association
Social Housing Law Association
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Social housing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Stephanie Lovegrove – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
‘Stephanie is a superb and engaging advocate, who is extremely sharp and able to quickly pick up the issues of a case seamlessly. She demonstrates excellent attention to detail and technical expertise across the full range of landlord and tenant law.’
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square is well known for ‘its strength as a reservoir of talent for social housing law‘. Recent instructions include Toby Vanhegan appearing before the Court of Appeal in Rowe v Haringey LBC, which concerned the issue of statutory overcrowding in the context of a homelessness application. Jonathan Manning and Ian Peacock have established expertise in advising on homelessness matters; Manning is also singled out for his solid track record in handling landlord and tenant work. Annette Cafferkey acts for landlords, tenants and local authorities in possession claims, allocation matters and cases involving allegations of disability discrimination. Stephanie Lovegrove is ‘confident and very responsive, an excellent communicator and advocate‘.