Jamie Burton

Jamie Burton specialises in social welfare and administrative law. His main areas of practise are in housing, community care, social security and human rights. He has a particular expertise in homelessness, having appeared in several reported cases and lectured on the subject. Chambers and Partners Guide to the Legal Profession describe him as being "exceptionally good".

In addition to his public law work Jamie also practises in the following areas: private landlord and tenant, employment, personal injury and actions against the police.

Jamie Burton has presented workshops and given lectures on human rights law and is an experienced public speaker. He is a published writer on human rights, public and employment law. His main focus is directed towards a greater understanding and recognition of economic and social rights. He is has experience of both EU and human rights litigation.

He is a member of the Housing Lawyers Practitioner's Association, ALBA and the Critical Legal Group.

Reported Cases:

• Lambeth Borough Council v. Forbes: R (Forbes) v. LBC [2003] EWHC 222 (Admin) Times, March 10, 2003 (Introductory Tenancies)
• R (C) v. Lewisham Borough Council [2003] EWCA Civ 927 Court of Appeal Times, August 12, 2003 : Independent, July 10, 2003 (Homelessness Reviews)
• R (Ho-Sang) v. Lewisham BC [2004] Legal Action July 2004 (proceedings against the council to purchase additional housing stock to meet homelessnes demand)
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets v. Rahanara Begum Court of Appeal [2005] EWCA Civ 116 (2006) HLR 9 : (2005) BLGR 580 : (2005) NPC 23 : Times, February 22, 2005 (Article 8 and homelessness)
• Slater v. Lewisham BC [2006] EWCA Civ 394 Court of Appeal(2006) HLR 37 : Times, May 3, 2006 (discharge of duty and homelessness)
• R (Heffernan) v. The Rent Service [2006] EWHC 2478 (Admin) (2006) NPC 108 [2007] EWCA Civ 544 - appeal to HL pending (manner in which the Rent Service approached definition of locality for housing benefit purposes)
• R (Osei) v. The London Borough of Southwark [2007] EWCA Civ 787 (intentional homelessness)
  

last updated October 2007

Year of Call

1999

Education

LLB (Euro)

Email Address

j.burton@doughtystreet.co.uk

Specialist Teams

Jamie Burton is a member of the following specialist law teams:

• Actions Against the police
• Employment and Discrimination
• Housing and Social Welfare
• Human Rights
• Public and Administrative Law