Haneen Abdelrahman v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Islington (2025) EWCA Civ 1038 Islington Council tenancies had a discretionary succession policy on the death of the tenant, which included a 'stepchild' as someone who could...
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Tales from the Housing Conditions wars. Part 1
Lancastle v Curo Group (Albion) Limited (2025) EWCC 48 This is a judgment on application in two joined cases, Lancastle v Curo Group and Bailey & Bennet v Curo Places. In each, the defendant landlord had applied variously for the claims to be...
A database, homelessness duties and claimed indirect discrimination
Anisa Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets (2025) EWCA Civ 1049 We saw this judicial review claim in the High Court here. The claim was dismissed and Ms Begum appealed to the Court of Appeal. Shelter was given permission to intervene. The issue...
Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill – the Headline issues
(As ever, we are very grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for his updates on housing law in Wales. This is the first of two posts by Mike on the huge changes in homelessness law set out in the Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill,...
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Not How to Rent
Sanghera v Osagiede & Osagiede. Dartford County Court. 23 November 2023. (Unreported elsewhere. We were sent a copy of the judgment, which is here.) This was a County Court appeal to a Circuit Judge of a possession order made by a Deputy...
Accommodation pending appeal – a mandatory order on a section 204A appeal.
Our grateful thanks to Miranda Grell of Staple Inn Chambers for this report of a section 204A appeal of a refusal to provide accommodation pending appeal, including counsel's unapproved note of the ex tempore judgment. The refusal decison was...
On the Naughty Step – a “gratuity for us being fantastic landlords”. Landlord conduct in a rent repayment order claim.
It has been a while, but today felt like the right time to revive the tradition of the NL Naughty Step, prompted by a First Tier Tribunal decision on a rent repayment order application. This is the decision, Jupet, Dupau & Maschka v Jonathan...
Ignoring experts – psychiatric evidence on a ‘reasonable to occupy’ review
Our grateful thanks to Daniel Grütters of One Pump Court Chambers for this note of a Section 204 appeal of a review decision that it was reasonable for appellant to continue to occupy her accommodation, so she was not homeless. The key issue is the...
Missing documents and inadequate reasons – A ‘suitability’ s.204 appeal.
Our grateful thanks to Frank Bowmaker, pupil barrister at One Pump Court Chambers, for the following note of a section 204 appeal of a suitability review decision, on the issue of documents missing from the housing file, and the review not dealing...
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