Kuljit Bhogal KC

Housing; local government; administrative and public law; Court of Protection

Practice Areas

Kuljit Bhogal KC is a specialist in local government and administrative/public law with a nationwide client base.  Her broad expertise encompasses judicial review, housing, Court of Protection work and anti-social behaviour.  Kuljit has a particular expertise in managing public space with the use of injunctions and Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs). Kuljit is considered an expert in anti-social behaviour, public law defences and the Equality Act. Kuljit provides practical and commercially sensible solutions to the problems faced by her clients and has a collaborative approach.  Kuljit is able to assist with drafting documents relating to decision making (such as reports as equality impact assessments and human rights assessments) as well as those required for litigation.

Recent work

Kuljit’s recent work has ranged from governance (and other) issues relating to Public Space Protection Orders and the contracting out of local authority functions. Kuljit’s hand-on approach means she is able to remove or limit the risk of legal challenge particularly when involved from an early stage. As a result many legal challenges are concluded at an early stage or avoided altogether.

Highlights include:

• Leeds City Council v Persons Unknown – which considered the meaning of “premises” in relation to closure orders.
• Scott Halborg v Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council - Successfully defended a judicial review of a Community Protection Notice (“CPN”) issued to a “rogue” landlord.
• A three-week trial to secure multiple gang injunctions under the Policing and Crime Act 2009
• Dulgheriu & Others v L B Ealing - advising on and successfully defending legal challenges to the creation of a buffer zone around an abortion clinic
• Obtaining injunctions against “persons unknown” to cover activities ranging from car-cruising to fly-tipping
• Advice on various PSPOs ranging from controlling alcohol misuse and anti-social behaviour in city centres to challenges faced by coastal authorities

Career

• Kuljit was called to the bar in 1998
• Appointed a Recorder (crime) in 2020
• Appointed King’s Counsel in March 2023

Publications

Cornerstone on Anti-Social Behaviour (Second Edition), Kuljit Bhogal, 2019.

• Member of the ASB Forum at Scotland Yard (now LASBAS)
• Founding supporter of Social Housing Lawyers Association (SHLA)
• Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

King’s College, University of London (1997 LLB Hons); BVC; ICSL.