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Social Housing: Tenants | UK

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This table ranks lawyers and law firms who represent social housing tenants in claims against landlords, housing providers and local authorities. This includes issues ranging from housing allocation and disrepair through to rent arrears, possession and eviction, as well as issues surrounding homelessness. This table is solely for tenant representation, however we have extensive coverage elsewhere in the UK guide for firms advising on more general social housing work, as well as a separate table for the financing of social housing developments.

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  1. Chris JohnsonCommunity Law Partnership

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Band 1

  1. Anthony Gold
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    Anthony Gold
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years Ranked
    Anthony Gold is recognised as one of the leading specialist housing law teams for tenants in London. The team is proficient in dealing with complex possession claims, homelessness, disrepair matters and a range of long leasehold issues. Anthony Gold also handles group actions contesting estate regeneration schemes and has niche expertise in dealing with health problems relating to poor housing, with additional expertise in advising on tenancy deposit protection schemes.
  2. Hodge Jones & Allen
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    Hodge Jones & Allen
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years Ranked
    Hodge Jones & Allen maintains a leading reputation for its work on behalf of homeless clients and retains strong links with leading housing and homelessness charities. The team advises on the full range of social housing cases, including possession and disrepair claims. It offers a strong housing litigation team and is also equipped to handle complex judicial review challenges and group litigation.
  3. Community Law Partnership
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 1
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Band 2

  1. Bindmans LLP
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    Bindmans LLP
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Bindmans has an effective housing team with notable experience in cases with complex mental health and human rights aspects, as well as those that concern community care and public law issues. The team is able to advise on evictions, injunctions and possession proceedings, among other matters. Bindmans is often instructed by the Official Solicitor to work on cases relating to capacity.
  2. GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
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    GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years Ranked
    GT Stewart is experienced in all aspects of housing law, including disrepair claims and the defence of tenants against anti-social behaviour actions. The team regularly represents vulnerable clients in unlawful eviction and homelessness cases. It is adept at bringing claims born out of Equality Act 2010 issues and has additional strength in bring cases to appeal.
  3. Osbornes Law
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    Osbornes Law
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years Ranked
    Osbornes Law represents tenants in the full variety of housing law matters, including issues of possession, eviction, disrepair and anti-social behaviour. The team is also experienced in homelessness and community care issues, as well as public law and judicial review claims. It regularly assists migrants and other vulnerable clients. It is also equipped to provide advice on welfare benefits.
  4. TV Edwards LLP
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    TV Edwards LLP
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years Ranked
    TV Edwards represents tenants and homeless applicants in a broad range of housing-related litigation. The team frequently acts in cases of unlawful eviction and disrepair, and is also equipped to handle possession proceedings.
  5. Hopkin Murray Beskine
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Duncan Lewis Solicitors
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    Duncan Lewis Solicitors
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Duncan Lewis Solicitors has a well-known team advising on a range of social housing matters, including defence against possession and rent arrears proceedings. It also acts on disrepair, discrimination and anti-social behaviour claims, as well as matters relating to homelessness applications and tenancy successions.
  2. Russell-Cooke
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    Russell-Cooke
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years Ranked
    Russell-Cooke has a well-regarded team acting for tenants on the full range of housing issues, including disrepair claims, homelessness appeals and possession proceedings. It offers further expertise in judicial review, allocation disputes and injunction appeals. The team routinely provides advice and litigation support to housing cooperatives run by tenants.
  3. Edwards Duthie Shamash Solicitors
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 3
  4. Miles & Partners Solicitors
    Social Housing: Tenants
    2025 | Band 3