Sarah O'Brien
Sarah is regularly involved in advising and representing clients on judicial review and public law matters in the areas of housing and homelessness. Sarah is recognised as one of the leading juniors at the bar in the area of social housing: "Leading junior Sarah O'Brien is a popular figure among fellow housing barristers, who describe her as 'sharp, bright and a lawyer of excellent independent judgement'." [Chambers and Partners 2009]
Sarah’s public law practice is principally concerned with advising and representing local authorities and social landlords. Sarah has particular expertise in dealing with public law issues including:
Challenges to policies in the areas of: allocation of housing/housing list applications/homelessness/provision for travellers
Local authorities conduct of homelessness applications
Interim applications for accommodation (including out of hours emergency applications)
Public law challenges to decisions to seek possession in non-secure housing
