Chadwick Lawrence has announced the launch of a new Social Housing Management Team

A new partner, Justine Hunkins, is appointed to drive the development of the team.

About Justine Hunkins

Justine is a social housing litigator, with 19 years’ experience in the social housing sector and arrives at our firm with a proven track record of delivering improved efficiencies and outstanding results for Registered Providers of Social Housing.

Justine first joined Chadwick Lawrence as a newly qualified solicitor in 2008 and stayed with the firm for seven years, before a ten-year tenure at Forbes Solicitors in its Housing and Regeneration Team.

With extensive experience of a wide range of housing management, asset management and complex litigation cases, Justine is well-known for her specialist expertise in housing conditions claims and repairs management.

During her ten years at Forbes, Justine created and led the Asset Management Team, which was appointed as the sole provider of housing conditions claims management services for a number of the country’s largest Registered Providers of Social Housing. The team was ranked in the Legal 500 for Social Housing and Justine has retained her Chambers and Partners Social Housing ranking.

Rejoining the firm

The return of Justine to the firm signifies the firm’s commitment to delivering for social housing providers and the communities that they support.

Justine commented: “I am delighted to have re-joined Chadwick Lawrence, as the firm broadens its services for housing providers. I look forward to working with brilliant colleagues both old and new.”

Full range of services for social housing providers

The firm is not just offering housing management services; its wider Housing and Regeneration Team is a one-stop shop for social housing providers. We boast highly acclaimed experts in housing litigation and residential and commercial real estate litigation, construction disputes, transactional residential and commercial property, employment, corporate and governance, regulatory services and reputation management.

The Social Housing Management Team is assisting social housing providers with organisation-wide strategies for preparing for the Awaab’s law changes that are coming

in October 2025.  They also assist with the associated policy and procedure reviews, delivering staff and contactor training and with reviewing contractor arrangements.

The Social Housing Management team

Alongside Justine, the Social Housing Management Team, including two further specialist real estate litigation partners, Dan Hirst, Senior Partner, and Kaye Willis, Partner, and supported by nine non-partners, all taking a client-first approach.

Dan Hirst added: “We are thrilled to welcome Justine back to the firm. Justine’s wide-ranging experience and her passion for collaborative working to create bespoke solutions for her clients set her apart. We are excited about growing the Social Housing Management Team with Justine at the helm.”

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