Karolina regularly acts for landlords and tenants across the private and social housing sectors, from the initial drafting of pleadings to representation at trial.

She accepts instructions relating to a broad range of issues, such as claims relating to possession, trespass, injunctions (including ASB), disrepair (including EPA prosecutions) and money claims (e.g. deposits, rent repayment orders).

Karolina also accepts instructions in homelessness law (including judicial reviews), and frequently deals with cases raising issues of discrimination under the EA 2010.

Recent cases include:

• London Borough of Lambeth v Gooden – acted for successful C local authority at 1-day trial, obtaining possession order & defeating a defence based on a purported statutory succession;
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Regis-Thomas – acted for successful C local authority in two 1-day trials, obtaining increasingly restrictive injunction orders;
• Carter v Midland Heart - acted for a successful C tenant in a 2-day disrepair claim;
• Drafting pleadings in a possession claim based on sustained social housing fraud over 20 years, seeking recovery of unlawful profit of over £55,000.

Webinars and podcasts: 

• The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law – Akerman-Livingstone v Aster.
• Home Truths – Implementing Awaab’s Law (and extending its scope to the private sector).
• Home Truths – An introduction to the Renters’ Rights Bill”.
• Foiling the fraudsters – how to detect and collect evidence of tenancy fraud.
• Rent repayment orders: assessing the amount.