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Comments on Malcolm in the Lords

By NL on 29/06/2008. 65 Comments

Table of contents for Disability Discrimination

  1. Catching up – Disability Discrimination and possession
  2. Disability and tenancy – More on Malcolm
  3. On impotent landlords and disability.
  4. Disability discrimination – the comparator
  5. DDA and mandatory possession
  6. S v Floyd and a disability defence
  7. Adjourning pending Malcolm in the Lords
  8. And now Malcolm!
  9. Malcolm in brief
  10. Comments on Malcolm in the Lords

Oh dear, oh dear. That could have gone better.

I’m not going to go into great detail on the five separate judgments from the House of Lords in LB Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43, but I do want to look at where it leaves us and what the problems are … Read the full post

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Malcolm in brief

By NL on 25/06/2008. 7 Comments

Table of contents for Disability Discrimination

  1. Catching up – Disability Discrimination and possession
  2. Disability and tenancy – More on Malcolm
  3. On impotent landlords and disability.
  4. Disability discrimination – the comparator
  5. DDA and mandatory possession
  6. S v Floyd and a disability defence
  7. Adjourning pending Malcolm in the Lords
  8. And now Malcolm!
  9. Malcolm in brief
  10. Comments on Malcolm in the Lords

LB Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43

Court of Appeal thoroughly and unanimously overturned.

The reason for the treatment is the reason in the mind of the landlord, or one which can be imputed to them. So the landlord must be aware or be imputed to be aware of the disability, … Read the full post

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And now Malcolm!

By NL on 25/06/2008. 2 Comments

Table of contents for Disability Discrimination

  1. Catching up – Disability Discrimination and possession
  2. Disability and tenancy – More on Malcolm
  3. On impotent landlords and disability.
  4. Disability discrimination – the comparator
  5. DDA and mandatory possession
  6. S v Floyd and a disability defence
  7. Adjourning pending Malcolm in the Lords
  8. And now Malcolm!
  9. Malcolm in brief
  10. Comments on Malcolm in the Lords

Before I even have time to get to grips with Weaver, the House of Lords judgment in Malcolm v Lewisham is out. No time even for a quick look now. Hopefully I’ll get to post something later on.

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Wondering about McCann

By NL on 18/05/2008. 2 Comments

Well, McCann v UK certainly seems to have stirred things up. Naturally, most of the speculation is on the effect and extent of the judgment.

I’m still trying to work out for myself what the likely or even possible effects are, so this is a work in progress.

In descending order of certainty…

Common law summary possession by a local authority/public body landlord after Notice to Quit (e.g Ex joint tenants; temporary accommodation under s.183 and possibly s.192 HA 1996; ‘successors’ to deceased tolerated trespassers; non-successor occupants; etc.)

Possession proceedings will need to include the potential to consider whether the eviction is proportionate under Art 8.2 ECHR.

Does an … Read the full post

Posted in Housing law - All, Licences and occupiers and Possession. Tags: , , , .

Possession and human rights – blimey!

By NL on 13/05/2008. 28 Comments

Just when, post Kay v Lambeth in the Lords, it looked like the issue of human rights defences to possession claims was pretty much settled (i.e. there pretty much weren’t any), the ECtHR has decided to put a large stick in the spokes.

As many people have already emailed me to tell me (alright, four people, all of them lovely), McCann v United Kingdom 19009/04 was handed down today. This is a first hurried look, but this one is going to be big. I can’t link to the case directly. It is on the ECtHR site as a recent case. A word copy of the judgment is downloadable here case-of-mc-cann-v2-the-united-kingdom… Read the full post

Posted in FLW case note, Housing law - All, Licences and occupiers and Possession. Tags: , , , , .
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