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Justine Hunkins
Partner
Areas of Expertise
Justine is a Partner and Solicitor-Advocate.
Justine has 18 years’ experience in the social housing sector and deals with a wide-range of housing management, asset management and complex litigation cases.
Justine has a wealth of experience in housing conditions and disrepair claims, unlawful eviction and breach of covenant actions, discrimination claims, trusts issues, homelessness and allocations, judicial review, anti-social behaviour, possession claims, complaints, policy drafting, drafting tenancy agreement clauses, costs litigation and complex litigation.
Experience
Justine advised social housing tenants for around 8 years before becoming a landlord advisor in 2014. From 2014 – 2024, Justine worked at Forbes Solicitors LLP, advising some of the country’s largest Registered Providers in relation to a wide range of issues.
Conferences
Justine regularly delivers training to clients in-house and at seminars and conferences.
Previous sessions have included:-
- Disrepair Masterclass
- Rent Arrears Masterclass
- Getting it Right: How to minimise liability and save costs in disrepair claims.
- Outwit, outplay, outclass: How to defeat and deter claimant disrepair firms
- You Can’t Avoid the Void: Repairs and what you should do
- Win, Lose or Draw. A competitive team game to minimise costs and time in housing conditions claims
- Everything Must Go: Hoarding and Abandoned Belongings
Education
University of Exeter, 2003
LLB Hons (Exon)
Personal
Loves international travel and reading. Dedicated Mum to two amazing Bengal cats.
Professional Membership
Solicitor-Advocate. Higher Courts Rights – Civil
Testimonials
Legal 500“Justine Hunkins is an experienced and commercial lawyer with sound sector knowledge.”
Chambers and Partners“Justine is very good at communicating advice; she explains complex issues and the reasoning behind it well.”
Chambers and Partners“She is a very helpful lawyer with vast experience.”
Get in touch
020 3815 2569 |
justine.hunkins@devonshires.co.uk |
Birmingham Office
Devonshires Solicitors LLP Somerset House, 37 Temple Street Birmingham B2 5DP |
020 3815 2583 |
abigail.boyce@devonshires.co.uk |