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Christian Hansen

Partner, Housing and Public Law Christian often acts for large residents’ groups in claims against developers, freeholders, and landlords. He has particular expertise in fire safety claims against developers and freeholders requiring the replacement of unsafe cladding, insulation, and cavity barriers, and requiring significant payments of damages. Christian has a strong public law practice representing individuals, campaign groups, and charities, with particular expertise in homelessness, community care cases for social services users, and welfare benefits. He represented clients in the Supreme Court in both 2017 and 2018. Christian has over two decades’ experience in acting for clients at all court levels. He often acts for vulnerable clients, including those without capacity to litigate. He is frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor. He continues to advise and represent clients across all residential landlord and tenant matters, including disrepair, unlawful eviction, possession, harassment, and all tenancy related disputes. Christian is co-chair of the Law Society Housing Law Committee. · Bindmans LLP

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Partner at Bindmans LLP specialising in Housing and Public Law, acting for large residents’ groups, developers, freeholders and landlords with particular expertise in fire-safety/cladding remediation claims and a full range of residential landlord and tenant matters. He also has a strong public law practice representing individuals, campaign groups and charities (including homelessness, community care and welfare benefits), has acted in the Supreme Court in 2017 and 2018, frequently represents vulnerable clients (often instructed by the Official Solicitor), and is co-chair of the Law Society Housing Law Committee.

Practice areas

HousingPublic LawLandlord & TenantFire SafetyHomelessnessCommunity CareWelfare Benefits

Office

England

Bindmans LLP · Partner, Housing and Public Law Christian often acts for large residents’ groups in claims against developers, freeholders, and landlords. He has particular expertise in fire safety claims against developers and freeholders requiring the replacement of unsafe cladding, insulation, and cavity barriers, and requiring significant payments of damages. Christian has a strong public law practice representing individuals, campaign groups, and charities, with particular expertise in homelessness, community care cases for social services users, and welfare benefits. He represented clients in the Supreme Court in both 2017 and 2018. Christian has over two decades’ experience in acting for clients at all court levels. He often acts for vulnerable clients, including those without capacity to litigate. He is frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor. He continues to advise and represent clients across all residential landlord and tenant matters, including disrepair, unlawful eviction, possession, harassment, and all tenancy related disputes. Christian is co-chair of the Law Society Housing Law Committee.

England

Expertise

Social housing and residents' associationsFire-safety and unsafe cladding/insulation/cavity barrier claimsResidential development and freeholder disputesRepresentation of vulnerable clients and cases involving the Official SolicitorHomelessness and community care public lawWelfare benefits public lawSupreme Court appellate work (2017, 2018)

Education

  • Degree in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester, 1997
  • GDL, 1998
  • LPC, 1999

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (2002)
  • LSC/LAA supervisor of housing cases (since 2006)