Adam Fullwood

"Leading Junior in Social Housing" (Chambers and Partners 2007)

"Adam Fullwood ‘is a leading light’ in all housing matters and has a long track record of successful tenant representation" (Legal 500 2007)

Practice

Housing law

Full range of housing work, including security of tenure (public and private), defending possession proceedings for all occupiers, including mortgagors and squatters, disrepair including Environmental Protection Act proceedings, unlawful eviction, harassment and racial harassment, judicial review, travellers, housing benefit, homelessness, including proceedings under the Housing Act 1996/Homelessness Act 2002.

Community Care and Mental Health

Specialises in judicial review of full range of community care and mental health decisions including charging, Direct Payments, community care assessments, care plans, funding, NHS responsibilities.

Public law (Judicial Review)

Specialises in all areas

Notable Cases

(A) Manchester City Council v Sharon Moran and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (B) Rosemary Richards v Ipswich Borough Council and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWCA Civ 378; [2008] WLR (D) 112 (women's refuges and homelessness) judgment / news story

Gilboy, R (on the application of) v Liverpool City Council & Anor [2007] EWHC 2335 (Admin) (Art 6 challenge to demoted tenancy) judgment / news story

Knowsley Housing Trust v Julie White [2007] All ER (D) 38 (May), The Times 15/05/2007 (tolerated trespasser; assured tenancy) (30/10/2007 leave to appeal to the House of Lords now granted) judgment / news story

Riverside Housing Association Ltd v White & anor. [2007] UKHL 20 (validity of RSL rent increase notices) judgment / news story

CPS v T [2006] QBD, The Times 13/04/2006 (Judge cannot invalidate his own ASBO as too wide) judgment

Griffiths v St Helens MBC [2006] EWCA Civ 160 (Homelessness - important guidance on s193 discharge and ASTs) judgment

Riverside Housing Association v White [2005] EWCA Civ 1385 (rent arrears not lawfully due) read news story and download judgment

T v Manchester Crown Court [2005] EWHC 1396 (Admin) (cannot have ASBO by consent) judgment

L B of Lambeth v O'Kane; Helena Housing v Pinder [2005] EWCA Civ 1010 (circumstances in which a new tenancy is created following the breach of a suspended possession order by a "tolerated trespasser") judgment

Manchester CC v Lee; G v Wigan MBC [2004] 1 WLR 349 judgment

R (Cumpsty) v The Rent Service [2002] EWHC 2526 (Article 6 compliance)

Regina (Saadat & others) v The Rent Service [2002] HLR 32 (Housing Benefit) judgment

Recommendations

Regional Bar - Northern Circuit - Public Law (2007) "Adam Fullwood ‘is a leading light’ in all housing matters and has a long track record of successful tenant representation" UK Legal 500 2007 edition

Leading Junior in Social Housing : Northern (2007) "...Adam Fullwood, who recently appeared in the homelessness case of Griffiths v St Helens MBC...described as being 'extremely hard working and very committed'" Chambers & Partners 2007 more

Regional Bar - Northern Circuit - Public Law (2006) "Adam Fullwood is a 'leading light' in tenant representation..." UK Legal 500 2006 edition.

Other Activities

Member of Bar Council sub-committee on Civil Legal Aid.

Regularly provides seminars in housing law, judicial review and community care.

Adam is also an approved trainer for Shelter and regularly provides training for a wide range of organisations on all aspects of housing law.

Professional Associations

Housing Law Practitioners Association

Haldane Society

Legal Action Group

Languages

Italian