Tag Archive for 'RSL'

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Weaver un-appealed?

By NL on 11/09/2008. 27 Comments

[Edit 16/09: We now have contrary information, also 'authoritative' in source, also unconfirmed, that the appeal is going ahead. So, until we have further info, your guess is as good as ours.]

Thanks to Ethan at ‘That Snail..’ for passing on unconfirmed news (aka a rumour) that London & Quadrant have decided not to appeal R(Weaver) v L&Q, which, lest anyone forget, was the landmark decision on RSLs being public bodies in their housing function for the purposes of judicial review.

If true, this is a surprise, to put it mildly. Does anyone have confirmation?… Read the full post

Posted in assured-tenancy, Housing law - All and Possession. Tags: assured-tenancy, housing associations, judicial-review, public body, public function, RSL.

While waiting for Weaver 2

By NL on 02/05/2008. 0 Comments

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has recommended that the Oftenant regime and the Housing and Regeneration bill extend the scope of the Human Rights Act to Registered Social Landlords. In response to the Housing Federation complaining that this would limit their ability to raise private finance by making them public bodies, the committee said:

there was ‘no basis’ to the belief that giving associations a duty to act in accordance with ECHR rights would change their status from private to public ‘for any purpose other than the applicability of the Human Rights Act’.

So there. But while this is not a bad idea at all, at least as … Read the full post

Posted in assured-tenancy and Housing law - All. Tags: assured-tenancy, housing associations, human-rights, public function, RSL.