Bryan McGuire

Bryan Nicholas McGuire QC (born 1 December 1958) is a British barrister. He practices from Cornerstone Barristers. He specialises in public law matters, across the full range of work undertaken by adult social services, children’s services and housing departments. He has been significantly involved in the areas of social housing and homelessness, asylum support, community care and more generally the provision of services to the vulnerable including to the aged, to those without capacity or with particular disabilities and/or to children.

Cases
High Court Supreme Court
 * Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1996] A.C. 344 (measure of damages for breach of contract) (HL)
 * Burrows v Brent LBC [1996] 1 W.L.R. 1448 (post possession order agreements: tolerated trespassers) (HL)
 * O’ Rourke v Camden LBC [1998] A.C. 188 (public or private law remedies) (HL)
 * Burton v Camden LBC [2000] 2 A.C. 399 (releases and assignments) (HL)
 * R. (on the application of Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service [2002] 1 W.L.R. 2956 (local or central government support for destitute asylum seekers) (HL)
 * R. (on the application of G) v Southwark LBC [2009 1 W.L.R. 1299] (16 and 17 year olds: homeless children or children in need?) (HL)
 * R. (on the application of A) v Croydon LBC [2009 1 W.L.R. 2557] (age assessments) (SC)

News Articles

 * One of country's oldest women loses battle to stay in her care home In the Court of Appeal Bryan McGuire QC upholds Wolverhampton City Council's decision to close residential care come in need of £2m repairs. The Telegraph, 13 April 2012
 * Islington Council taken to court by convicted paedophile arsonist Bryan McGuire QC, for Islington, refutes arsonist paedophile's claims that Islington are violating his human rights on the grounds that the borough is not his ordinary place of residence. The Islington Gazette, 7 March 2012
 * Court rules on ‘failures’ of Birmingham Council In the high court, Bryan McGuire is for the council in a case regarding three homeless refugees. Inside Housing, 5 November 2010
 * Court urged to stop fire station closure plans In the high court, Bryan McGuire QC argues that plans to close Winsor fire station at night are unlawful and 'perverse'.	 The Morning Star, 17 February 2011
 * Decision on the fate of Windsor fire station looms Bryan McGuire QC explains that permitting night time closure of a Winsor fire station would fail to address the 'type and extent of risk particular to the Windsor area'. Local Berkshire, 17 February 2009
 * Teacher guilty of freezer killing Bryan McGuire was counsel for the local authority in the reporting restriction proceedings regarding a man tried for killing his wife and putting her body in the freezer. BBC News 22 July 2005
 * Law Report: Agreement over arrears was not new tenancy Bryan McGuire QC argues that tenant in arrears should be treated as a 'tolerated tresspasser'.