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
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Trying to shoot the messenger.
Moorjani v Kilcoyne (Rev 1) (2020) EWHC 3463 (QB) The name of Moorjani may be familiar. We first encountered Mr Moorjani in a judgment transforming the case law on loss of amenity damages in disrepair claims in the Court of Appeal. However, despite...
Job ads – London & Folkestone
Cardinal Hume Centre Housing Advisor (Covid Response) We are very pleased to have obtained funding for an additional fixed-term Housing Advisor post to cope with the additional demand caused by the Coronavirus crisis. Based in our Advice Team, you...
Lost on (civil) penalties: Sutton v Norwich in the Court of Appeal
Sutton v Norwich (2021) EWCA Civ 20, on appeal from the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (2020) UKUT 0090 (LC), 20th March 2020. Underhill (VP Court of Appeal, Civil) LJ; Moylan and Newey LLJ; In this case, the Court of Appeal considered the civil...
Ping Pong and fire safety
Fire safety issues in blocks of flats and other multi-occupancy buildings are one of, if not *the* biggest issue in housing law and policy today. The background is pretty well-known and, for present purposes, can be quite easily summarised. Since...
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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All the bits that don’t make it to the blog.
Well, thank goodness for that, at least.
President Trump departs the White House.
#InaugurationDay
Permission granted by Supreme Court on these two issues in the Tate ‘overlooking’ case. And these are the big issues.
@nearlylegal @BarbaraRich_law Permission granted on these two issues, refused on a third not pictured.
Oh my. Supreme Court to consider if overlooking is nuisance, apparently. The flat owners lost at every stage so far, but a Supreme Court win could be a major change in the law.
Supreme Court confirms it will hear an appeal from occupants of fancy flats overlooked by the Tate Modern, who complain that visitors can see in from the viewing platform. The residents argue that this is a nuisance at common law and/or a breach of their human rights.
My heavens. 3 years ago today. Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill passed second reading. (And yes, that is @justinbates28 and I doing happy, even if @KarenPBuckMP shows it better.)
Happy bunnies. With the excellent @KarenPBuckMP