Sarah Salmon

Practice Areas

Sarah Salmon specialises in public law, housing, and property law.

Sarah has represented public bodies (including the police), charities, local authorities, housing associations, individuals and companies in her specialist areas. She was chair of the Social Housing Law Association from January 2019 to December 2022 and remains on the committee (including as chair of the newly formed Wales branch).

During 2022 to 2023, Sarah has led a team in Chambers working on contracts for social housing providers and private landlords in Wales following the wholesale transformation of housing law in Wales by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

Her caseload involves all aspects of housing law including possession, homelessness and allocations, Equality Act 2010 duties, anti-social behaviour and housing conditions (including building safety). Her recent housing work has included advising on the allocation of social housing and reviewing an allocation scheme; advising in relation to proposed adaptations of a property and the interaction between an authority’s policy and a disabled facilities grant under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; and, successfully acting in an appeal by the local authority against the dismissal of a possession claim based on allegations of subletting.

Professional Memberships

• Social Housing Law Association, Chair

• Property Bar Association

• Administrative Law Bar Association

• Human Rights Lawyers Association

Publications

Author: Cornerstone on Gangs (2024, Bloomsbury); Practical Guide to Housing Allocation Schemes in England (2023, Law Brief Publishing).

Contributor: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, vol 24(1) Landlord and Tenant (Social Housing) (2019); Affordable Housing (2016, Lexis online).