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Jamie Burton is a public lawyer with expertise in judicial review. His main areas of practise are human rights, social and clinical care, housing, social security, criminal justice and environmental law. In addition to his public law work Jamie is also experienced in damages claims (both in the county and the high court) in contract, actions against the police, landlord and tenant and leaseholder disputes. The breadth of Jamie's public law work is considerable. He has acted in many cases concerning the provision of support and/or accommodation to vulnerable groups in society and has a thorough understanding of both central and local government's responsibilities in all areas of the welfare state. He regularly advises on NHS continuing care, clinical provision, community care (including charging), clinical provision, children services, welfare benefits, homelessness, housing allocations and asylum support. He has also acted on behalf of persons affected by confiscation orders, the actions of Enforcement Receivers and the decisions of the Independent Safeguarding Authority. Jamie's work is often conducted on an emergency basis - he accepts instructions at short notice and has extensive experience of making urgent applications for injunctive relief. In terms of environmental work Jamie acts, often pro-bono, in planning matters and has a sound knowledge of the planning system. He also advises parties about the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009. Amongst others he acts for the Environmental Law Foundation. Recently Jamie spent six months working on welfare and environmental issues in India. He was involved in a group action concerning the largest anti-poverty scheme in the world ("the Right to Food") and assisted in various claims relating to environmental damage caused by mining in south India. Judicial reviews arising out of criminal justice matters also feature prominently in Jamie's practise.
For many years Jamie has presented seminars and given lectures on human rights law and judicial review and is an experienced public speaker. He has written on human rights, public and housing law. Academically Jamie is interested in achieving a greater understanding and recognition of economic and social rights in domestic jurisprudence. Jamie is a member of the Housing Lawyers Practitioner's Association, ALBA, Environmental Law Foundation and the Critical Legal Group. Reported Cases:
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