Doughty Street Chambers is renowned for its expertise in the social housing sector, acting for claimants. Martin Westgate KC represented the tenants in Westminster CC v Kazam and Rahimi, a case concerning surrender and re-grant of tenancies, while Matthew Lee represented a man who, upon his release from prison, found that a housing association property let to his father had been surrendered by a woman who came to the UK and claimed to be married to the tenant - the ex-prisoner was found to have succeeded to the tenancy.
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Testimonials
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- 'Doughty Street are the leading set for housing law and public law matters.'
- 'Doughty Street are highly regarded set - particularly for their housing law work.'
- 'The clerks are very friendly and impressive. They are able to deal with instructions on a quick basis and organise everything very quickly.'
- 'The clerks are excellent; friendly, efficient and willing to help even at very short notice.'
- 'Doughty Street Chambers can be relied on for social housing matters. Many of the barristers have amazing legal knowledge and their advocacy skills are very impressive.'
Lawyers
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
David Carter
‘David is an extremely able barrister with fine attention to detail.'
Daniel Clarke
Matthew Lee
‘Matthew is very knowledgeable in the area of housing, and he is committed and compassionate in his work.’
Rea Murray
‘Rea is very personable and is knowledgeable in Social Housing cases and has a vast amount of experience.'
Rising stars
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Alice Irving
‘She is a very persuasive oral advocate, taking challenging opponents and clients in her stride, and finding a careful balance where complexities around professional duties (e.g. in mental capacity disputes) arise. She gives down to earth sensible advice that gets straight to the point even against very complex factual and legal backgrounds.’
Marie Paris
‘Marie is a confident advocate whose warm tone suits making submissions to the bench as well as the most vulnerable of clients. She is practical and quick thinking, a great person to have on your team.’