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Genevieve Screeche-Powell

Genevieve Screeche-Powell

Position

Genevieve Screeche-Powell is a civil and public law practitioner, specialising in housing, community care, landlord and tenant, property and contract law. She has particular expertise in policy, often instructed in high profile and politically sensitive cases raising novel and complex issues of law.

Her judicial review practice includes challenges to public policy housing, Care Act and Children Act cases. Her other local government work includes:

  • recovery of care home fees
  • applications under the Mental Health Act
  • data protection and confidentiality
  • public interest immunity issues,
  • civil/general restraint orders against vexatious litigants.

In her housing and landlord & tenant practice, she advises and represents a range of parties in disputes concerning:

  • Section 204 appeals
  • allocations
  • Right to Buy
  • regulatory work (repair orders/closure orders, appeals and enforcement)
  • possession claims
  • anti-social behaviour
  • service charges
  • rent reviews
  • mortgages and
  • land charges

Career

Call: 1997

Education

BA (Warwick)

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