The barristers at Field Court Chambers represent local authorities, housing associations, tenants and landlords in a wide range of social housing disputes. Genevieve Screeche-Powell has extensive experience in the social housing sector, with a particular focus on cases involving public policy, and she had successfully represented Tower Hamlets in a judicial review challenge to its use of a database for homeless applicants awaiting temporary accommodation in R (Anisa Begum) v LB Tower Hamlets. Sarah McKeown has significant experience in representing landlords and tenants in matters involving possession, disrepair, homelessness appeals and rent issues.
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