Matthew has spent 20 years embedded in the sector, working alongside many of the country’s largest social landlords. His strong belief in the value of social housing and its contribution to society fuels his desire to be a national voice advocating for positive change.

Dambu is a litigator who has specialised in housing management since qualification.  She initially worked in London before going inhouse for a local authority in 2016.  In 2020, she joined Abri Group Limited (then Radian) as a Housing Solicitor. Dambu advises on all aspects of housing management, including anti-social behaviour, disrepair and general housing advice, including successions. She has an interest in the Equality Act 2010 and the role it plays in housing law.

Imran works as an in-house solicitor and legal manager at L&Q, a prominent Housing Association managing over 100,000 homes across the UK. In his role, he advises on all aspects of complex housing management matters. His recent achievements include recovering £4.5 million for fire remediation works, advising on a multi-million-pound disrepair and breach of lease claim affecting nearly 300 properties, and designing a compensation matrix for a regeneration site with an estimated compensation value of around £11 million. Additionally, Imran has successfully defended numerous EPA prosecutions and disrepair claims.

Iris Ferber KC is a Housing and Employment Silk with 20 years’ experience in Social Housing litigation.  Her particular interest lies in disputes involving tenants with disabilities, and issues of capacity and the Equality Act – where she can deploy her extensive experience of Employment Tribunal discrimination claims.

Katrina specialises in advising on a range of housing management matters including tenancy fraud, anti-social behaviour, disrepair, and access. Highly respected within the industry, Katrina has held a number of influential roles, including founding and chairing the Tenancy Fraud Forum, founding the Disrepair Focus Group, and was the Chair of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Division and the Independent Adjudicator for Grenfell. In 2016 she was honoured with the MBE to services to Social Housing.

Elizabeth is a member of the Property Team at Five Paper and a specialist in social housing and landlord & tenant law, ranked in both Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500 as a leading social housing barrister.

Elizabeth is sought after for her expertise in tenancy fraud and anti-social behaviour, disrepair claims, tenancies and allocation, homelessness, security of tenure, possession, and has a foundational knowledge of human rights and equality which pervade this area of law.

Elizabeth is known for the depth of her legal knowledge together with a high level of advocacy skill.

As the Co-Chair of the Social Housing Law Association, Elizabeth is advancing the interests of her clients, bringing their shared challenges before the courts and advancing them through other political routes. In 2023, she presented the difficulties of pre-action conduct in disrepair claims to the Court of Appeal in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil CBC [2023] EWCA Civ 1416, and has responded on behalf of members to the government consultation on abolishing s.21 Notices and no-fault evictions. She has assisted in the response to the government consultation on committal proceedings on behalf of SHLA members together with other members of the committee.