“Reasonableness” of Service Charges
It is well known that the relevant costs that a landlord incurs in the provision of services, repairs improvements, maintenance...
Read moreRory is a solicitor in the firm’s Property Litigation, and Housing & Social Care departments.
Rory is a passionate housing and social welfare solicitor who is dedicated to getting the best outcome for his clients. He works with a lot of vulnerable clients with urgent cases, and prides himself on explaining key issues without resorting to “legalese”.
He specialises in housing and public law cases, dealing with matters ranging from homelessness to housing disrepair. He has represented clients in Welfare Benefits matters at the First Tier Tribunal, as well as appeals to the Upper Tribunal. He also acts in community care matters, including children’s rights cases and obtaining reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities.
Rory has a particular interest in public law cases, and acted in the first successful appeal against a refusal to award Discretionary Housing Payment in R (on the application of Halvai) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham [2017] EWHC 802. He is a member of the executive of the Junior Housing Lawyers Practitioners Association (HLPA). He joined Osbornes as a paralegal in 2015 and qualified as a solicitor in 2020.
“We deal with many incredibly vulnerable clients who are often torture survivors. Over the years we have dealt with many solicitors and we feel that Rory is by far the best for a number of reasons. He is efficient, he seems to work in a parallel universe which has more hours than we do. He communicates every new event that happens to our clients and to us and asks for our support when needed. He really works in partnership with us. He gets our clients immediately and chases up every due date, is continually proactive and very importantly has won pretty much all our cases.”
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