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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
Yet more new CPR – and no eviction without notice coming soon.
In the excitement last Friday about the Rules laid in Parliament introducing PD 55C, I completely overlooked another set of Rules, also laid last Friday. The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020, in force as of 17 July 2020, makes changes...
Reactivation!
After the mystery of the Rules laid last Friday, we now had the text of Practice Direction 55C, which will come into effect on 23 August 2020 at the end of the Part 55.29 stay of possession proceedings. The text can be read here. The key elements...
Mystery directions
In the evening of Friday 17 July, The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 appeared, having apparently been laid earlier that day. These will come into force on 23 August 2020. What the Rules do is amend the Civil Procedure...
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Shelter Expert housing law trainers required for webinar and face-to-face delivery Shelter is recruiting freelance trainers to deliver our housing law and homelessness training. We would like to hear from solicitors, barristers and experienced...
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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Ah, it is miasma de barbecue evening. I am surrounded by burnt offerings.
Guidance on the Building Safety fund. Two quick points. Priority for schemes that focus on removing cladding (so lower priority for interim measures). Scheme also open to housing associations (making it inevitable that fund is not enough)
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings
Another Freeman on the Land bites the dust... I’m sure the police will face a million pound lien in response.
This Civic was stopped on the M1 at Markyate last night as the rear plate appeared to be home made.
Driver claimed to be a 'free man of the land', refused all details, claiming not to recognise our laws.
Arrested for traffic offences & remanded to court for sentencing.
1729 238
Latest Safer Renting referral 2nite from Waltham Forest. Pregnant single mum.4 year old kid, In rent arrears. LL turning up to 2nite to throw her on the street coz he wants to sell for stamp duty window. A flurry of phone calls trying to stop it