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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Sarah is the joint head of the Housing and Social Welfare Team.
Sarah Steinhardt specialises in housing and community care, education and discrimination law, and in related public law.
Sarah is particularly noted for her expertise in discrimination in housing and other discrimination outside of the employment field, and she enjoys working proactively and imaginatively to achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable clients. She is astute to public funding issues and costs and always happy to discuss possible strategies at an early stage.
Career
Sarah is also a Deputy District Judge.
Memberships
Housing Law Practitioners Association
Education Law Association
Discrimination Law Association
Education
BVC (Harmsworth Scholar, Middle Temple), BPP (2008)
LLM Human Rights (First Class, First in Year), London (2007)
GDL, BPP (2006)
BA (Hons) History of Art & Fine Art, London (2002)
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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.'