Nearly Legal
Housing Law News and Comment
Nearly Legal is a specialist housing law website for England (and occasionally Wales), run by solicitors and barristers practising in the field.
The site provides information, updates and discussion on housing and landlord & tenant law. Issues covered include homelessness, possession and forfeiture, unlawful eviction, disrepair and housing fitness, regulation and licensing, service and major works charges, right to manage and anything else that interests us. Contents include frequent case reports, updates on statute law, guides and key documents.
It is all free, but it is just our opinions, not legal advice. Please do not ask for advice on individual matters
Latest Posts
Rent Repayment Orders – not ALL the rent.
Williams v Parmar & Ors (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER) (2021) UKUT 244 (LC) We knew that the Upper Tribunal has been itching to get an appeal on the approach to the assessment of the amount of a rent repayment order, ever since Ficcara v...
Homelessness – renewed applications and overlooked facts
Ibrahim, R (On the Application Of) v Westminster City Council (2021) EWHC 2616 (Admin) This was a judicial review of Westminster's refusal to accept a third homelessness application from Ms Ibrahim, following a review decision upholding a decision...
Job ads – Havant and Wales
Swain & Co Swain & Co is seeking a Housing Paralegal to join their successful, well-respected and growing Housing Law Team based in Havant. Working in both private and publicly funded Housing matters, including Evictions, Disrepair, ASBOs,...
Private sector assortment
Some bits for private sector tenancies (in England, mainly), including s.21 notice periods, Tenant Fees Act and tenancy 'churn', an updated electrical safety guide for tenants, and the distant prospects of a Renters Reform Bill. I've belatedly...
Key Resources and information
Section 21 Notice validity flowchart – downloadable flowchart for checking whether Section 21 notices are validly served and effective.
How to Rent Guide Archive – What version of the Guide was current when? MHCLG don’t provide this information. We have dates and downloads for all versions.
Relationship Breakdown and Tenancies FAQ – An outline of the issues and options.
Bedroom Tax First Tier Tribunal – FTT Decisions archive. Upper Tribunal decisions can be found here.
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MPs (particularly women MPs, but all MPs) face a level of abuse and threats of violence that most of us can’t imagine. Their staff also take the brunt of much of it. We have to acknowledge this and that it must be dealt with seriously, because the threats are real.
As accords with my own experience (albeit limited because of low R date take-up) ZERO evidence of any real claimant appetite for mediation in possession proceedings.
Surely what is needed is early benefits and/or money advice that can *ahem* benefit both LL and T. https://twitter.com/LisaLawHull/status/1449010430261792770
Here's what claimant representatives had to say about housing possession cases under COVID-19: https://tinyurl.com/newc4ux6
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