Michael Horne

During pupillage, Michael gained experience across a broad range of property and housing matters, including:

• Residential service charge disputes
• Possession claims
• Anti-social behaviour injunctions and committal proceedings
• Access injunctions
• Disrepair claims under sections 9A and 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
• Proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Lease renewal opposition under section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• Company winding-up proceedings

Michael also has international litigation experience. Before coming to the Bar, he spent three months as a paralegal at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Perth, and three months at a specialist litigation boutique in Sydney. His work included assisting with corporate and regulatory disputes, deceptive conduct claims against directors, and representative actions involving public bodies.

He has also represented claimants in Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance appeals before the Social Security Tribunal, through the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust.

Michael holds LLB and LLM degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has received the following scholarships and academic awards:

Scholarships/Awards

• Lord Denning Scholarship (2020), awarded by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
• Residential Scholarship (2020), awarded by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
• Anniversary Scholarship (2019), awarded by the London School of Economics for LLM study
• Blackstone Chambers Prize (2017), proxime accessit, for attaining the joint-highest mark in Civil Liberties and Human Rights at LSE

Michael speaks fluent Spanish and is confident working with Spanish-speaking clients.