The team at Cornerstone Barristers possess extensive experience in the social housing sector, as they advise and represent clients on the full range of social housing matters including anti-social behaviour, statutory nuisance, homelessness, possession claims among many others. Ranjit Bhose KC successfully represented the defendant in Global Guardians v LB Hounslow, a Court of Appeal case concerning if properties occupied by guardians were classified as HMOs. Kuljit Bhogal KC represented a housing association in a possession claim for anti-social behaviour against a defendant with a long history of anti-social behaviour and criminal behaviour.
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Local government; public law; social housing; landlord and tenant; property; property related negligence; licensing; civil litigation; Court of Protection.
Career
Ranjit has a varied practice, with particular specialism in the following: local government; public law; social housing; landlord and tenant; property; property related negligence; licensing; civil litigation; Court of Protection. He has strong links with local authorities, major private sector landlords and developers, and registered providers.
In 2018 he has been successfully representing Uber in its appeal against the refusal of its London PHV licence; acting for Haringey at all stages of the multi-million pound public-private Haringey Development Vehicle LLP partnership, including successfully defeating a judicial review claim in R (Peters) v Haringey LBC [2018] EWHC 192 (Admin); acting for a consortium of local authorities challenging the decision in Jones v LB Southwark on water re-selling.
Other recent cases include: Worthington v Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd (2018) (CA – harassment by housing associations); Re M (2018) (Court of Protection – alleged forced marriage); R. (Friends of Finsbury Park) v Haringey LBC (2017) (CA – hiring out of public parks, licencing); R (Muir) v Wandsworth BC (2017) (Admin – local authority powers and duties, parks); Fabric Nightclub (2016) (MC – licence revocation); Holley v Hillingdon LBC (2016) (CA – housing, human rights); Re: Pond House, Pond Place, London SW23 (2015) (UT – QLTAs and framework agreements); Sims v Dacorum DC (2014) (SC - housing and property, human rights); Evans v Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators (2014) (CA - easements over common land); Thompson v Oxford CC (2014) (CA - lap dancing); Superstrike v Rodriguez (2013) (CA - tenancy deposits); Bean Leisure v Leeds CC (2014) (Admin - lap dancing); Tachie v Welwyn Hatfield DC (2013) (Admin - public procurement, Teckal; contracting-out); Bristol CC Council v Digs (2014) (Admin - HMO licensing).
Called 1989 (Gray's Inn); Silk 2012.
Languages
German
Education
University College, Oxford (BA Hons).
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