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Chambers of Rachel Sleeman
Five Paper
5 PAPER BUILDINGS, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7HB
England
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Position

Donald Broatch has lectured on topics arising from his specialist areas of practice, including the European Convention on Human Rights, judicial review, and homelessness. He has recently given a lecture at Central Law Training on public law defences and conducted a seminar for local authority and social housing lawyers on the Public Sector Equality Duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Public law; judicial review; social housing and related topics, including homelessness and allocations; employment; human rights

Represented the Authority: significant case concerning housing and its financing for Zambrano carers. Appeal to Court of Appeal pending.

Huzrat v Hounslow LBC [2014] HLR 70, Pryce v Southwark LBC [2013] 1WLR 996, Dharmaraj v Hounslow LBC [2011] HLR 18 (Court of Appeal), De-Winter Heald v Brent LBC [2010] 1 WLR 990, Novitskaya v Brent LBC & Sec of State [2010] HLR 21, Wilson v Ashford BC [2011] Env LR D1 (Admin Court), Ugiagbe v Southwark LBC [2009] HLR 35 (Court of Appeal), Law Society v Salsbury [2009] 1 WLR 1286, Moroney v Anglo European College of Chiropractic [2009] ELR111, CA [2009] EWCA Civ 1560, Hallam Peel & Co v Southwark LBC [2009] 2 Costs LR 269, R (Faarah) v LB Southwark [2009] HLR 12 (Court of Appeal), R (Yazar) v LB Southwark [2008] EWHC 515 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 273, Osei v Southwark [2008] HLR 15 (Court of Appeal), Slater v Lewisham [2006] HLR 37 (Court of Appeal), Evans v Secretary of State [2005] All ER (EC) 763 European Court of Justice, Paragon Finance v Pender [2005] 1 WLR 3412 (Court of Appeal)Southwark LBC v Mills [2001] AC 1, House of Lords, Luck v Tower Hamlets LBC [2003] EWCA Civ 52 (Court of Appeal), Paragon Finance v Nash [2002] 1 WLR 685, Court of Appeal, DPP v Ara [2002] 1 WLR 815, Divisional Court

Career

Called 1971; Middle Temple.

Memberships

London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; Administrative Law Bar Association; Justice; Liberty; Lawyers for Liberty; Human Rights Lawyers’ Association.

Education

London University.