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
Assortment – RROs, landlord compensated for delay to homeless application, and consultation on mould
A handful of brief notes of things of interest. 16 Cornwall Gardens, London, NW10 2QX - (2021) UKFTT LON_00AE_HMF_2020_0097 A First Tier Tribunal decision on an application for a rent repayment order in respect of an unlicensed HMO. The landlord,...
A bundle of case notes
Brief notes on assorted cases of some interest that we haven't otherwise covered. (Well, of interest to me. Other people may be interested in some or all of them. Covering possession, service charges, tribunal costs, management, Defective Premises...
Between repairs and structural defects
City of London v Various Leaseholders of Great Arthur House (2021) EWCA Civ 431 This was the Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal from the Upper Tribunal (our report here) where the issue was whether the leaseholders were liable under their...
Too soon? Asserting a tenancy should not have been dismissed at interim injunction
Ibrahim v London Borough of Haringey & Anor (2021) EWHC 731 (QB) Something of an oddity, and I'm not going to comment on the substantive claim, which will now likely proceed to trial, but this was an appeal from a County Court judgment on an...
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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I have a haircut booked for a week tomorrow (the excellent @ChapsStAlbans ). I would be lying if I said this wasn’t my sole reason for carrying on and indeed the boundary horizon for my thinking about the future. There is the time to haircut. After that is an unimaginable blur.
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Third court win in a year for Shelter over unlawful ‘No DSS’ policies
https://blog.shelter.org.uk/2021/04/third-court-win-in-a-year-for-shelter-over-unlawful-no-dss-policies/
Over the last month, I have been investigating the EWS system in depth.
What I have found is a process created to instill clarity, has, in fact, led to chaos and confusion.
Over the next week I will be publishing stories showing this. Here's the 1st👇https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/ews-crisis-homeowners-face-huge-fire-safety-bills-on-newly-bought-flats-despite-cladding-assurances-before-purchase-70417
Fancy getting in on the fight against rogue landlords? https://tinyurl.com/cnz4mnud Camden council recruiting a 2nd TRO for their progressive, go-get 'em multi agency team