housing law practitioners association

HLPA’S OBJECTIVES ARE:

To promote, foster and develop equal access to the legal system.

To promote, foster and develop the rights of homeless persons, tenants and others who receive housing services or are disadvantaged in the provision of housing.

To foster the role of the legal process in the protection of tenants and other residential occupiers.

To foster the role of the legal process in the promotion of higher standards of housing construction, improvement and repair, landlord services to tenants and local authority services to public and private sector tenants, homeless persons and others in need of advice and assistance in housing provision.

To promote [... read more]

HLPA members will act in the best interests of clients when advising them and conducting litigation on their behalf provided there is no conflict with the Code of Conduct of the member’s professional body or duty to the Court.

HLPA members will at all times behave and act in a manner which will uphold the standing and good reputation of housing specialists and HLPA.

No HLPA member shall pursue a frivolous claim or issue. However, no HLPA member should refrain from taking or pursuing a claim or issue that s/he believes to have merit.

No HLPA member shall make excessive or unnecessary monetary [... read more]

Current Members of the Executive Committee.

CHAIR

Giles Peaker Anthony Gold Solicitors 169 Walworth Road London SE17 1RW Tel: 020 7940 4000 email: giles.peaker@anthonygold.co.uk

VICE-CHAIR

Justin Bates Arden Chambers Email: justin.bates@ardenchambers.com

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Vivien Gambling Lambeth Law Centre Lambeth Co-operative Development Agency 11 Mowll Street London SW9 6BG Tel: 020 7840 2000 Fax: 020 7820 8303 Email: vgambling@lambethlawcentre.org

John Gallagher Shelter London City Forum Unit 13, 250 City Road London EC1V 2PU Tel: 020 7505 2158 Fax: 0207 505 1246 Email: johng@shelter.org.uk

James Harrison Edwards Duthie Solicitors 292 – 294 Plashet Grove East Ham London E6 1EE Tel: 020 85149000 Fax: 020 8552 1866 email: james@edwardsduthie.com

Michael Paget Garden Court Chambers 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS Tel: 020 7993 7600 Fax: 020 7993 7700 Email: michaelp@gclaw.co.uk

Dominic Preston Doughty Street Chambers 10-11 Doughty Street London WC1N 2PL Tel: 020 7404 1313 Fax: 020 7404 2283/4 Email: d.preston@doughtystreet.co.uk

David Watkinson Garden Court Chambers 57-60 Lincoln’s [... read more]

The Companies Acts 1985 to 1989 Company Limited By Guarantee and Not Having a Share Capital

Memorandum of Association of The Housing Law Practitioners Association

1. The Company’s name is The Housing Law Practitioners Association.

2. The Company’s registered office is to be situated in England and Wales.

3. The Company’s objects are:

To promote, foster and develop equal access to the legal system for and the rights of homeless persons, tenants and others who receive rather than provide housing services or who are disadvantaged in the provision of housing, by all means, including education, the dissemination of information, the advancement of law reform and [... read more]

The Companies Acts 1985 and 1989 Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital

Articles of Association of The Housing Law Practitioners Association

INTERPRETATION In these articles: “the Association” means the company intended to be regulated by these articles; “the Act” means the Companies Act 1985 including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; “the articles” means these Articles of Association of the Association; “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means the period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on [... read more]