Bio
Helen is a Housing & Regeneration Partner.
Helen works with housing providers across a range of multi-faceted matters.
She specialises in housing management, with expertise in advising on, and dealing with, complex possession and injunction cases involving anti-social behaviour, fraud, capacity, mental health, and Equality Act issues, leasehold matters, and disrepair. She also advises clients on policy and organisational matters including providing training on knowledge and practical procedure.
Her experience of working both in-house at a local authority and in private practice gives her a deep understanding of the challenges and pressures social housing providers face.
Helen is on the committee of the Social Housing Law Association (SHLA) and a member of the Tenancy Fraud Forum.
Examples of Helen’s work include:
- Obtaining a number of high-value Unlawful Profit Orders.
- Acting on the Poplar HARCA v (1) Begum (2) Rohim [2017] UKHC 2040 (QB) case, which was the first to consider the interpretation of Section 5 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 and Housing Benefit in relation to Unlawful Profit Orders.