Miles & Partners LLP

Housing

Associate Solicitor

Rebekah is a specialist public and housing law solicitor. She has over 30 years’ experience in complex judicial review proceedings, including public interest cases and discrimination challenges across all aspects of public law, including housing, homelessness, welfare, healthcare, education and the environment.

Rebekah works with individuals challenging the decisions of public bodies. She is widely regarded as an expert in her field, and has taken cases to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights.

Rebekah has acted in successful challenges concerning:

Local authorities’ homelessness obligations The allocation of social housing, including discriminatory housing allocation schemes and the housing needs of disabled children Cooperation between housing and social care Education rights for children unable to attend school The application of the bedroom tax to victims of domestic violence living in ’sanctuary scheme‘ homes, and to disabled children The application of the benefit cap to carers Decision making and assessments under the Mental Health Act 1984

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