Alexander Campbell

Public law, housing

Alexander Campbell is the a go-to barrister for complex social housing cases in particular involving intricate and novel issues around discrimination, the Equality Act 2010 and human rights. Moreover, Alexander’s experience in other areas of public law, including the Court of Protection and community care law, mean that he is particularly adept in social housing cases which cut across those areas of law.

Recent work

Highlights include:

Johnson v LB Ealing - Successfully arguing that a local authority is entitled to prioritise the evidence of a consultant psychiatrist over the evidence of a social worker or nurse LB Ealing v Collister and Bounoua – representing the local authority in an application for an injunction to disrupt serious gang violence and turf wars within Ealing. Simon Prestage v Brighton Housing Trust – representing Mr Prestage in a case of wider importance because many housing providers purport to grant homeless people mere licences rather than tenancies.

M.A. in Law – Trinity College, Cambridge

Maîtrise en droit (Master’s degree in French law) – Université de Paris II – Panthéon-Assas

LL.M. (Public Law and Human Rights) (with Distinction) – University College London

Bar Vocational Course