Social Welfare

Jacky has been with the firm since joining as a trainee in 1993. She qualified as a solicitor in 1995. Jacky mixes casework with supervision and management. She is passionate about the provision of high quality, holistic legal advice and representation, publicly funded wherever possible. She acts as duty solicitor on possession days in both Bow County Court and the Stratford Housing Centre. She also sits as a part-time Tribunal Judge (Social Security).

Jacky specialises in all areas of housing law, particularly defending possession proceedings, brought on grounds of rent arrears and anti-social behaviour; succession cases; housing benefit issues;applications to suspend warrants of eviction and for re-entry; disrepair; and homelessness matters. Jacky also undertakes community care law, especially where there is an overlap with housing law, including obtaining legal redress for those who can have no recourse to public funds, who have children in need and or who require aids and adaptations. She is listed in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

Senior Partner – Joint Head of Social Welfare