Phillips & Anor v Garraway (2026) EWCA Civ 55 This is a curious second appeal of a possession order. It was the tenant's appeal, as the first appeal had upheld the possession order. The background is that Mr & Mrs Phillips had granted Ms...
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When your landlord’s landlord is your landlord (and a bit of procedural irregularity)
El-Mouka v (1) Ramsy Property Ltd (2) Home Connect Ltd. Romford County Court, 8th August 2025 (note of judgment here) This was a County Court appeal against a possession order and a refusal to stay eviction on a private tenancy. It is a rarity...
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From the County Courts – a couple of possession claim issues
A couple of case notes on County Court judgments, on validity of a s.21 notice, and on whether an introductory tenancy ceased to be so because of an administrative snafu in the filing of an appeal. Regency Property Management (UK) Ltd v...
Mixed use leases, dwellings and service charges.
Cloisters Business Centre Management Company Ltd v Anvari & Anor (2026) EWCA Civ 17 A Court of Appeal decision on the application of 'dwelling' in section 38 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, and so whether sections 18 to 27A, the service charge...
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PSS is a ‘gateway’ to other rights, does not confer housing rights
Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council (2025) EWCA Civ 1057 Yes, I am very late to this one, but doing a note for the sake of completeness. The Court of Appeal held that Pre-Settled Status (PSS) under Article 18 of the Agreement on the...
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AI issues in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (LC)
As issues with the use of LLM generative AI in submissions in cases continue to arise, it is perhaps not surprising that the FTT(PC) appears to have had its share of such problems. What is perhaps more surprising is that it seems to have been...
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New Year clear up – shrinking the backlog
A happy New Year to you all. It is going to be an interesting one on any measure. I've had a few days off, and so, in an attempt to enter 2026 with a clearer conscience and a lot fewer browser tabs open, I've been working on the backlog of cases...
Catching up – housing conditions and illegal evictions
Catching up - housing conditions and illegal evictions Ferko v Kumar & Kumar. Ealing Magistrates Court. 15 July 2025 This was the sentencing hearing in an Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution that we previously saw in on appeal in the...