Riccardo Calzavara

Practice Areas

Public law and judicial review, local government, social housing.

Career

Riccardo Calzavara advises, drafts, and represents clients of all types particularly in the practice areas listed above. He accepts instructions to appear in all courts and tribunals and has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. He has appeared in a number of high-profile and test cases, and more than 50 reported cases in the higher courts.

He is on the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel.

Recent notable cases include: Zaman v Waltham Forest LBC [2023] HLR 30, CA; Waltham Forest LBC v Hussain [2023] EWCA Civ 733; MTA v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2023] 1 WLR 2197, KB; Redrow Homes Ltd v SSLUHC [2023] EWHC 879 (Admin); and Knapp v Bristol CC [2023] UKUT 118 (LC), showing the breadth of his practice from homelessness through judicial review to property law.

Professional Memberships

• Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

• Social Housing Law Association (SHLA)

• Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA)