Ms Naomi Hawkes > 42 Bedford Row > London, England > Barrister Profile
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11 Staple Inn
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WC1V 7QH
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Ms Naomi Hawkes
Work Department
Social Housing
Position
Naomi was called to the Bar in 1994. She has over 20 years’ experience as a trial advocate and has been instructed as the sole advocate in a number of appellate cases. In addition to representing clients in court and at mediation, she provides comprehensive advisory and drafting services.
Naomi was appointed as a Recorder in 2022.
Career
Naomi was a Chairman of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal from 2011 until 2013, when its functions were transferred to the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). She has been a Judge of the Residential Property Division of the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 2013.
Since 2018, Naomi has been a Judge of the Land Registration Division of the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal War Pensions and Armed Forces Chamber.
Naomi is an ADR Group Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator and a Civil Mediation Council Registered Mediator. She is also Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the RICS Panel of boundary dispute mediators.
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
Education
- Downing College, Cambridge MA
- Middle Temple Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Social housing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Naomi Hawkes – 42BR Barristers ‘Naomi is an intuitive and strong advocate, tactically astute and very organised.’
42BR Barristers‘s social housing practice stands out for its ‘specialist knowledge of the sector‘ and ‘extremely knowledgeable and talented counsel‘. Newly appointed silk Iris Ferber KC is ‘a tenacious advocate‘ with ‘a deep understanding of disrepair matters‘; she is acting for the claimants in an ongoing disrepair claim brought against a private landlord concerning a private groundwater supply, which was contaminated with Legionella bacteria, being provided to the tenants at the property. At the junior end of chambers, Desmond Kilcoyne ‘demonstrates a strong command of his practice area, which enables him to provide accurate advice‘ and is sought after by social housing providers, and the ‘first-class advocate‘ Naomi Hawkes has expertise in anti-social behaviour claims, homelessness matters and cases involving intersection with human rights issues. Mathew McDermott is ‘very good on his feet in court‘ and has a strong track record in acting in judicial reviews concerning local authorities’ homelessness duties.