Stephen Cottle

Practice

Stephen Cottle has built up substantial experience of over twenty years in housing, administrative law, housing related personal injury, mobile homes and mortgage possessions. Part of his practice involves appearing at Planning Inquires relating to low impact developments and more frequently involving Gypsies and Irish Travellers .

Stephen has previously assisted Warwick Law School in expert training for the Health and Safety Executive. He has assisted the Commission for Racial Equality in the carrying out of a scrutiny project in relation to the implementation of the Race Equality Duty regarding Gypsies and Irish Travellers. This project led to the CRE's report "Common Ground". He has appeared in numerous reported cases including several landmark decisions in the Court of Appeal and in the House of Lords and a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights.

Stephen is a finalist for the prestigious Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2010 award.

Notable Cases

Westminster CC v Clarke; [1992] 2 WLR 229

Elitestone Ltd v Morris ; [1997] 1 WLR 687

Church Commissioners For England v Baines : Ebied & Anor V Hopkins & Anor : Wellcome Trust Ltd V Hammad (1998) 2 WLR 156

South Bucks DC v Porter, Wrexham CBC v Berry , Chichester DC v Searle and others ; [2003] 2 AC 558

Wrexham County Borough Council V (1) National Assembly Of Wales (2) Michael Berry (3) Florence Berry [2003] EWCA Civ 835

South Bucks DC v First Secretary of State & Porter (No 2). [2004] 1 WLR 1953

Wychavon District Council v (1) Secretary Of State For Communities & Local Government (2) Kathleen Butler (3) Leonard Butler [2008] EWCA Civ 692

R (On The Application Of Baker & Ors) (Appellants) v (1) Secretary Of State For Communities & Local Government (2) Bromley London Borough Council (Respondents) & Equality & Human Rights Commission (Intervener) [2008] EWCA Civ 141 (2008) BLGR 239 : (2008) NPC 26

Birmingham City Council v Gerrard McCann [ 2003] EWCA Civ 1783

Case of McCann v The United Kingdom 13.05.2008 App No 190009/ 04

Green v SoS C&LG, Canterbury CC & Jones and others [2010] EWCA Civ 64

Publications

Stephen is co author of the Jordans books "The Housing Act 2004 A Practical Guide" and "Using the Housing Act 2004" and has contributed articles to the Solicitors Journal and The Journal of Housing Law. He is a contributor to the Law Society's Housing Law Handbook.

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ALBA, HLPA and PEBA

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