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Matthew Feldman   Matthew Feldman
Date of: Call - 1995
Phone:   020 7831 0222  
Fax:   020 7831 2239  
Email:   matthew.feldman@42br.com  
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Summary Of Practice

Matthew was called to the bar in 1995, and has experience of all aspects of property work, whether commercial or residential.  He is instructed by a number of local authorities in relation to public housing matters. He is equally experienced in general contractual disputes.

Professional Memberships

Property Bar Association (PBA)

Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Social Housing Law Association (SHLA)

Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA)

 

Selected Cases

Yemshaw v Hounslow LBC [2009] EWCA Civ 1543

Patel v Singh & Anor [2009] EWHC 2980 (Fam)

R (McGarrett) v Kingston Crown Court [2009] EWHC 1776 (Admin); (2009) LTL 8/6/2009

Vesely v David Levy & Others [2007] EWCA Civ 367

London & Quadrant Housing Trust v Ansell [2007] EWCA Civ 326; (2007) HLR 37 (Leave to appeal to the House of Lords granted, and the case settled on favourable terms shortly before the final hearing).

Putans v Tower Hamlets LBC [2006] EWHC 1634 (Ch); [2007] HLR 10

Hyde Housing Association v Ross [2004] EWHC 824 (Ch); [2004] All ER (D) 569 (Mar)

R (Yumsak) v Enfield LBC [2002] EWHC 280; [2003] HLR 1.

 

Education

BA Joint Hons French/Italian (Manchester)

Dip. Law (University of Westminster)

 

Yemshaw v London Borough of Hounslow (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) (15/12/09)

UPDATE: The Appellant has now been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court, with a hearing expected in December 2010.

The Court of Appeal held that the term “violence” referred to in section 177(1) of the Housing Act 1996 required some form of physical contact, and that the term should be given its ordinary natural meaning. Matthew Feldman appeared for the Respondent.

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Ansell v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2007] EWCA Civ 326; (2007) HLR 37

The Court of Appeal held that the court's powers under section 85 of the Housing Act 1985 could not be exercised in respect of a possession order which was unenforceable, and that the landlord was entitled to commence a fresh claim for possession based on trespass because it could not enforce the original order.

Leave to appeal to The House of Lords granted on 18th February 2008.

 

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