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Year of call: 1986

Southwark law Centre caseworker (1988-91) in housing and employment; barrister since 1991; Public Law Project Director of Policy & Research 1997; Tribunal Judge (1999-date) at the First Tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property); CEDR accredited mediator from 2002. Publications of note: Fuel Rights Handbook 8th-10th editions (co-author, Antoinette Hoffland), 11th edition (co-author, Catherine Bartholemew) CPAG; Halsbury’s Laws Vol.19(1) section on Gas, LexisNexis Butterworths; ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Their Implementation in UK Law’, Chap 6, University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre; Medical Mishaps: Pieces of the Puzzle, Chap 21, Open University Press.

Nicholas Nicol is an experienced barrister, tribunal judge, mediator and legal trainer. Full details can be found at www.nicholasnicol.uk.

“I see poverty, disadvantage, vulnerability, homelessness, disability, discrimination; suffered by children, single parents, families, the aged; and caused by ineffective government, incompetent local authorities, housing and care providers which have forgotten their mission, landlords who avoid their obligations, companies that rip you off. I don’t fight those problems because I have to. I became a lawyer because I want to. I am a barrister so that I can”.

ALBA CEDR Exchange HLPA HRLA LAG PBA

Court Moor Secondary School, Fleet, Hants; University College London (1985 LLB).

Chair of governors at a primary school, Spurs season ticket holder, Surrey County Cricket Club member, Friend of Shakespeare’s Globe, England Rugby Supporters Club member.