Helen Tucker

Partner

Partner and head of housing litigation team (Birmingham)

Helen Tucker is one of four partners leading our large housing management team and is head of the housing litigation team based in our Birmingham office.

With over 30 years’ experience in social housing, Helen continues to provide specialist advice to social landlords as well as charities and housing co-operatives on all types of housing-related litigation and advice relating to tenants, licensees and leaseholders. This includes reviewing policies and procedures, delivering training and assisting landlords with managing unreasonable or serial complainers as well as regular county court advocacy and case management.

Ranked as a Band 1 social housing lawyer in Chambers legal directory for many years, Helen has also run numerous appeal cases on leading housing law issues.

A previous SHLA national committee member, Helen also sits as a Deputy District Judge in the Midlands’ circuit, appointed in 2021 and is a trustee of a small international children’s charity.

‘Helen Tucker is very good and has a long history in the sector.’ Chambers and Partners, 2025

“She gives extremely good, practical advice.” Chambers and Partners, 2022

My specialisms

Housing litigation
Housing management
Harassment

My insights

Renters Rights Bill finally lands September 12, 2024

At last, the long-awaited Renters Rights Bill abolishing assured shorthold tenancies and the s21 notice ‘no-fault eviction’ process, has...

Lessons to learn - Regulator of Social Housing's Annual Consumer Regulation Review August 9, 2024

On 17 July 2024, the Regulator of Social Housing issued its Annual Consumer Regulation Review for 2023-2024. This relates to the last...

Hardship tests to get a possession order? August 8, 2024

News is slowly coming out about what the Renters Rights Bill might contain. The Housing Minister's comments appeared in the Telegraph...

It's a go - Renters Reform now Renters Rights Bill July 17, 2024

The King's Speech today (the longest in over 20 years the BBC according to the BBC with 40 new Bills announced) confirms the new...

How now to obtain possession of shared ownership leases? June 10, 2024

Shared ownership leases have long been in an odd position when it comes to taking possession proceedings. Marketed as a form of home...

Increase in housing county court fees from May 2024 April 8, 2024

Following a consultation last year, the Government has issued its response to the consultation on 1 April 2024, which can be found here....

Awaab's Law - consultation begins January 15, 2024

A sea change in disrepair legal obligations approaches. To understand the proposals in Awaab's Law, see the e-briefing from my colleague...

Illegal evictions - police or civil matter? December 28, 2023

On Christmas Eve, The Observer reported on the grim statistics about increasing illegal evictions and at the same time the very few...

Call for evidence on the county courts November 6, 2023

Parliament's Justice Committee has launched a call for evidence about the working of the county court generally. It closes on 14 December...

Renters Reform Bill is back on... October 19, 2023

Michael Gove has now secured parliamentary time for a second reading of the Rent Reform Bill on Monday 23 October. It is then expected...

Renters Reform Bill delayed September 21, 2023

The Government has not made parliamentary time for its second reading this autumn as expected, so the progress of the Renters Reform Bill...

Housing management thoughts - Regulator of Social Housing's consumer standards consultation August 11, 2023

The proposed new Social Housing consumer standards are now out for consultation by the Regulator of Social Housing. They will come into...

Renters Reform Bill - changes to possession grounds May 30, 2023

My detailed ebriefing sets out the significant changes proposed to the grounds for possession relevant to social landlords. This is the...

Renters Reform Bill – changes to grounds for possession May 25, 2023

We analysed the proposed changes in June 2022 but they are now further re-organised and amended. Set out below is a...

Service of NSPs by local authorities March 27, 2023

A new Court of Appeal case (Birmingham City Council v Drew Bravington) has decided that local authority landlords can validly serve a...

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