(As ever, we are very grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for his updates on housing law in Wales. This is the second 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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And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – changing deposit schemes
Ameera Macintyre v Cowdray Trust Limited and Rathbones Trust Company Limited (2025) EWCC 54 A County Court appeal to a Circuit Judge from a first instance decision on a possession claim based on a section 21 notice (after previous s.21 proceedings...
Tales from the Housing Conditions Wars. Part 2
The second of a series of reports on County Court judgements in housing conditions claims - on what might be called procedural and costs wars. The first, focused on expert evidence and the pre-action protocol, is here. Carter v Leeds City Council....
Job ads – Cardiff, Swansea, and North West Wales
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Step children and succession
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...
Job Ad – London
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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,...
Job ads – Wrexham, Bradford, and Islington
Shelter Cymru Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people. We help thousands of people each year by offering free, confidential and independent advice and...
Not How to Rent
[Edit 20/08/25 - anonymised at tenant's request. NL] Sanghera v O & O. Dartford County Court. 23 November 2023. (Unreported elsewhere. We were sent a copy of the judgment.) This was a County Court appeal to a Circuit Judge of a possession...
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...