Caroline is an associate solicitor in the property litigation team.
She has experience in a range of housing and property matters, including possession, injunction and disrepair claims. She has also issued claims on behalf of clients for breaches of the Equality Act, including racial and disability discrimination.
Caroline has a special interest in homelessness law, particularly homeless appeals in the County Court.
She is described in The Legal 500 (2017) as "a truly brilliant young lawyer with particular expertise in homelessness law and possession claims".
Caroline has volunteered at the Citizens Advice Bureau since 2014.
Caroline qualified in 2011 and joined Russell Cooke in 2016.
- Wandsworth v NJ case no: B5/2012/3414 - Caroline acted for the homeless applicant who had fled serious domestic violence in another part of the UK and moved into a women's refuge in London. The Court of Appeal upheld the County Court decision that the local authority had erred by not issuing a further ‘minded to find’ decision to allow the applicant an opportunity to respond to their findings in relation to the risk of harm she faced in London.
- Described in The Legal 500 (2017) as "a truly brilliant young lawyer with particular expertise in homelessness law and possession claims"
- Recommended in The Legal 500 (2015)
- Member of the Housing Law Practitioners Association
- Co Chair of the HLPA Annual Conference organising committee
- Read History at Kings College, London
- GDL and LPC at College of Law London
20/02/2017
Residential property law update – February 2017 – housing white paper, news for social landlords and tenants and meet Ed Cracknell
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24/01/2017
Charity law update – January 2017 – reviewing your Articles of Association, developments in the social housing sector and charity property and VAT
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20/01/2017
Charities – recent developments in the social housing sector
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