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
Everyone in – Lambeth lacking a policy
R(Cort) v London Borough of Lambeth (2022) EWHC 1085 (Admin) While in some ways this is a decision on an historic context (hopefully), there is a lot in this judgment on local authority approaches to housing in a public health emergency to...
Job ad – North Somerset
Citizens Advice North Somerset Housing Solicitor Salary: £29,341 pro rata Hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week with an opportunity for job share Contract: Permanent Location: Locations across North Somerset Citizens Advice North Somerset are looking to...
We don’t need no tariffs
Khan v Mehmood (2022) EWCA Civ 791 (Housing Law Practitioners Association intervening) This was, it has to be said, in part a rather odd appeal to the Court of Appeal. The background was a rent arrears possession claim by Ms Khan and a defence and...
The Trecarrell Conundrum revisited
Byrne v Harwood-Delgardo. Luton County Court. 21 June 2022. (Copy of Judgment) In my comments to our post on the Court of Appeal judgment in Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield (2020) EWCA Civ 760, I pointed out that the judgment only addressed...
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.
This is not much fun.
Obviously awful behaviour, but I read this and thought how do you get to make an unwanted sexual pass at a former Olympic rower while wearing a bathrobe twice?
It’s the second time that Pincher has quit the Tory whips office after he allegedly made an unwanted sexual pass at a former Olympic rower while wearing a bathrobe.
Warnings of ‘devastation’ if government fails to tackle rogue ‘supported accommodation’ housing providers https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/housing-exempt-accommodation-providers-crisis-clive-betts-uk-b2113085.html
“Peabody Trust accused of failing to offer tenants suitable alternative homes”. Keyworkers on non-social AST tenancies not getting suitable offers after 7-13 years in estate awaiting redevelopment. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/30/peabody-trust-accused-of-failing-to-offer-tenants-suitable-alternative-homes?CMP=share_btn_tw
Latest from Safer Renting blog https://tinyurl.com/2p8ehakc My review of Vicky Spratt's excellent book "Tenants" Almost uncannily spot on the money. Informative and humane. Who has the bravery to talk about the lack of love in housing policy? 5 stars