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Stephen Evans
Position
Stephen specialises in Property Law, with particular expertise in the field of Social Housing. He is recommended in the latest editions of both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, the editors of which say:
“He provides very clear and consistent advice”
“He is especially praised for his technical understanding of complex areas of housing law, such as disability discrimination”
“My clients ask for Stephen because he gets excellent results, and he is an expert on particularly ground-breaking areas”
Stephen is Chambers’ Practice Team Leader for Property and Housing.
Stephen acts predominantly for landlords and owner-occupiers, but welcomes instructions from tenants and lessees.
He has a broad property practice, with expertise in:
- Housing
- Public Law and Judicial review of local authority decisions (homelessness)
- Disability discrimination
- Local Government
- Real property
- Commercial landlord and tenant
Tompkins v LB Wandsworth [2015] EWCA Civ 846, Mohamoud v RBKC; Bushra Saleem v LB Wandsworth [2015] EWCA Civ 780, Lane v RB Kensington & Chelsea [2013] All ER (D) 233 (Apr), QBD
Equality Act/Article 8 ECHR, IAM Group Plc v Chowdrey [2012] EWCA Civ 505, London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] 3 WLR 269, Church Commissioners for England v. Meya [2007] HLR 4, R (Bibi) v. Camden LBC [2005] HLR 1, London Borough of Newham v. Jones [2002] EWCA Civ. 1779, R (B) v LB Camden (6.5.15), Nugee J
Career
Called 1992; Middle Temple. Co-author of legal appendix to ‘Diagnosing Damp’ copyright RICS.
Memberships
Social Housing Law Association.
Education
King’s School, Rochester; Christ’s College, Cambridge University (2(1)); Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent); (1993 MA Cantab).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Social housing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Stephen Evans –Five Paper ‘He is a force to be reckoned with.‘
Five Paper is lauded as ‘a specialist set for housing‘ and ‘a go-to for social landlords‘. Nicholas Grundy KC regularly represents public sector landlords in cases involving human rights and EU law matters, as well as discrimination issues. Among the junior end of chambers, Stephen Evans is ‘robust and persuasive‘; Sam Phillips is ‘highly skilled at cutting through complex cases to identify the key points‘ and ‘fantastic on his feet‘; and Elizabeth England is ‘very thorough‘ – ‘her cross-examination is formidable‘. Jennifer Moate is well known for handling a broad range of housing matters, including disrepair and possession claims, homelessness issues and anti-social behaviour injunctions.