I've never been particularly convinced by this argument.  The operators are identical except in precedence and I've never seen a situation where the loss in readability was worth protecting against some potential future snafu where someone adds to a conditional without checking the operators.  In my entire career usage of this style has never caused a problem.

If it's truly house style I don't mind switching, but it really is an arbitrary choice to use one for one reason and another for another as long as you're consistent.