JUNIOR PROFILE

Sarah Steinhardt

UK Bar 2026

Doughty Street Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Social Housing

London (Bar)

10 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Housing, Social Welfare and Property

Education

Children's Rights

Discrimination

Career

Sarah Steinhardt specialises in housing and community care, education and discrimination law, and in related public law.

Sarah is particularly noted for her expertise in discrimination in housing and other discrimination outside of the employment field, and she enjoys working proactively and imaginatively to achieve positive outcomes for clients. She is astute to public funding issues and costs and always happy to discuss possible strategies at an early stage.

Sarah is also a Deputy District Judge.

Professional Memberships

Housing Law Practitioners Association

Education Law Association

Discrimination Law Association

Publications

Atkins Court Forms: Housing (2022)

Defending Possession Proceedings (9th edition, 2021): Luba, Bevington, Gallagher, Madge-Wylde and Steinhardt

The Full Homelessness Duty and the Role of Courts to Enforce it: Journal of Housing Law, J.H.L. 2021, 24(6), 137-142

Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (2020): Broach and Clements (contributing author)

Housing and the Equality Act: 10 years on: Solicitors Journal, S.J. 2020, 163(10), 58-59 (with Dan Clarke)

Britain's Hidden Slaves: Socialist Lawyer, Soc. L. 2012, 60(Feb), 26-27

Education

BA (Hons) History of Art & Fine Art, London

2002

GDL, BPP

2006

LLM Human Rights (First Class, First in Year), London

2007

BVC (Harmsworth Scholar, Middle Temple), BPP

2008

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Social Housing - London (Bar)

Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Sarah Steinhardt is an effective, accomplished advocate with pronounced expertise in mental capacity and Equality Act issues in the context of social housing. Her impressive practice takes in homelessness cases and challenges to allocation schemes. She regularly handles disability discrimination matters as part of her diverse practice. Steinhardt is also recognised for her strength in housing benefit disputes.

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Strengths

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Sarah provides extraordinary focus on the clients, and particularly homeless vulnerable women.
Social HousingUK Bar
She fights really hard for her clients and is inspirational on her feet. Her advocacy is thorough, clear, authoritative and persuasive.
Social HousingUK Bar
Sarah is an excellent barrister and tries to provide a holistic approach to her work and outcome for some very vulnerable clients.
Social HousingUK Bar
A brilliant mind combined with a practical approach; she gets the best result for the client.
Social HousingUK Bar
Sarah is a brilliant housing lawyer across the board, with phenomenal knowledge. She is able to break down technical issues and identify their practical impact quickly and clearly.
Social HousingUK Bar