Stefan Liberadzki has particular experience of acting for social landlords – both local authorities and housing associations – and previously undertook a part-time secondment to a London local authority. He also takes instructions from legally aided clients.

He is ranked by Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in the field, with testimonials including: “Stefan is a very approachable barrister and quickly understands the issues in dispute and proactively attempts to solve them.”

Stefan’s expertise in discrimination law, derived from his Employment practice, makes him frequently sought after in housing cases involving issues under the Equality Act, as well as human rights and public law defences. He has acted for both landlords and tenants on novel cases in this developing field of practice, and he has delivered online and in-person training for housing lawyers and practitioners on discrimination issues.

His areas of practice include:

• Cases raising issues under the Equality Act, human rights and public law;
• Possession claims arising from anti-social behaviour, unauthorised occupation or subletting, procurement of tenancies by fraud and disputed successions;
• Anti-social behaviour injunctions and related committal proceedings;
• Homelessness appeals and judicial reviews;
• Disrepair claims.

Notable cases:

• CC v London Borough of Southwark (2025): undertook advisory and drafting work for two child claimants in an Equality Act claim against the local authority. The claim alleged a failure to make reasonable adjustments for the claimants’ autism, in respect of their household’s priority band for housing allocations. The claim was settled and Stefan acted at the settlement approval hearing.
• London Borough of Lambeth v Awe & Ngoyi (2025): represented the local authority in a complex possession claim, where the Defendant alleged that the former secure tenant had implicitly surrendered her tenancy and the authority had implicitly granted a new tenancy to the occupier (who had remained in occupation for some 15 years). The claim was successful at trial.
• Eyitayo v London Borough of Haringey (2024): represented the local authority in a high-value (over £100K) disrepair claim brought by a leaseholder. Succeeded in limiting damages to a significantly lower sum.
• Advised on and drafted a claim against a local authority for indirect sex and race discrimination. The Claimant’s husband, who was a sole tenant of the council, had left her, and the council subsequently failed to recognise her continuing occupation rights under the Family Law Act 1996. The Claimant had not been able to be a joint tenant because of her immigration status.
• Advised on and drafted the Defence in a claim for disability and race discrimination brought by the tenant of a housing association. The claim arose from the association’s refusal to transfer the tenant, who was allegedly suffering anti-social behaviour from her neighbour, to a different property.