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Clémence Coignard

Trainee Solicitor

c.coignard@gtstewart.co.uk
020 8299 6000

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Clémence joined GT Stewart as a housing paralegal in the East Dulwich Housing Team in 2021 and became a Trainee Solicitor in 2024. In her role, she assists solicitors with a wide range of housing cases and has earned praise for her exceptional client care. Clémence handles cases under supervision, gaining experience in complex possession cases, homelessness, and judicial review, and has contributed to reported cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court.

Clémence graduated with a Distinction in the MA Law from The University of Law in 2021. Her research paper focused on the negative impact of legal aid cuts on the housing sector, particularly in disrepair cases.

Before joining GT Stewart, Clémence gained valuable experience in France at the Abbé Pierre Foundation, a housing charity, where she worked on social housing allocation and legal actions against anti-begging local by-laws. This experience inspired her master’s thesis on human rights. She also worked as a caseworker at Association Droits & Habitats, a charity in Paris that helps homeless individuals and those in unfit housing access social housing.

Clémence aspires to become a housing solicitor in England and plans to qualify through the SQE route.

Education

MA Law, Distinction, University of Law (2021);

Masters in Public Law Human Rights, Paris-Nanterre University (2019);

Masters in International Law, Paris Panthéon Sorbonne University (2018);

Double Undergraduate Degree in Law and History, Paris Panthéon Sorbonne University (2018).

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