Emma Prescott
Housing Department
Emma joined Wainwright & Cummins in July 2010 after training and qualifying as a solicitor at Fisher Meredith LLP. Emma heads up our social housing team and specialises in social housing law. She is dedicated to enforcing the rights of individuals involved in disputes with local authorities, housing associations and private landlords in all aspects of social housing law and can also provide landlords with general tenancy advice.
Emma is on the advisory committee for Young Legal Aid Lawyers and is a member of the Housing Law Practitioners’ Association.
She is recommended for her knowledge of social housing tenant work in the recently launched 2011 edition of the ‘Legal 500’, an independent legal directory, as being; ‘very knowledgeable and committed’ and had a successful appeal case regarding intentional homelessness reported earlier last year.
Emma is involved in campaigning on housing issues and works closely with voluntary advice organisations such as the Lambeth Citizens Advice Bureau, the Brixton Advice Centre, the St Giles Trust and Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) in assisting those with housing problems and particularly in homelessness and eviction matters.
Reported cases:
- Mondeh v Southwark London Borough Council
Lambeth County Court
25 August 2010
The Legal 500 Series, now in its 25th year, is widely acknowledged as the world's largest legal referral guide. This year, more than 180,000 in-house counsel and lawyers have been surveyed and interviewed globally. The Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.
This is what is said about us:
'Wainwright & Cummins advises on all aspects of social housing law. The team represented the applicant in the successful appeal case of Mondeh v Southwark LBC, concerning questions of intentional homelessness. 'Very knowledgeable and committed' department head Emma Prescott'.
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