Jo is a supervising solicitor and lecturer in the King’s Legal Clinic at King’s College London. A practising solicitor since 2003, she specialises in housing and public law. She trained in social welfare law and legal aid practice and for several years she led the strategic litigation team in the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Jo has led test cases and third-party interventions on behalf of Shelter in several leading cases concerning homelessness, social security and poor housing. These cases include numerous Supreme Court challenges relating to homelessness, the benefit cap and out of area temporary housing placements. Jo also carried out training, policy, campaigning and research activities at Shelter, centred around improving policy and practice regarding homelessness and poor housing.

Jo is active in the field of housing and homelessness law and is a member of the Housing Law Practitioners Association. She has extensive experience of advocacy in relation to housing and homelessness both in court and in the national media. She moved into higher education in 2023 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alongside her work at King’s, Jo is a consultant solicitor at the Public Interest Law Centre, where she is currently instructed by several Core Participants in the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

Teaching

• Jo is the module lead for the LLB Student Law Clinic module. 

Research Interests 

Jo’s research interests are centred around improving policy and practice in relation to housing and homelessness, legal aid and access to justice.