Nearly Legal is a specialist housing law website, run by solicitors and barristers practising in the field.

The site provides information, updates and discussion on housing, leasehold and landlord & tenant law. It is all free, but it is just our opinions, not legal advice (we can't give legal advice here). Everything that the site offers is set out below.

tower block

Latest posts

Banned leader

Look, look! A banning order! I don’t know if this is the first, it may well be. It is certainly the first decision I have seen. 43 Dudmaston, Telford, Shropshire TF3 2DF: BIR/00GF/HSH/2019/0001 This is the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decision on applications by the Borough of Telford and Wrekin for a banning order […]

Injunctions, evictions and unrepresented parties

Brown v Tyndale (2019) QBD (Robert Francis QC) 25/07/2019 (unreported, but note of extempore judgment on lawtel) The kind of thing that happens when neither party is represented… In December 2018, Mr Brown had obtained an ex parte injunction against Mr Tyndale, the landlord, on the basis that the landlord had attempted to lock him […]

Rent Repayment Orders – who is the landlord?

Our grateful thanks to Alasdair McClenahan of Justice for Tenants for a copy of this decision and his notes. Mrs Elanga Longane et al  v Frank Mukahanana and Wealth Harbour Consulting Ltd LON/00AH/HMG/2018/0002 (Copy of decision) This FTT decision on a rent repayment order application raises a couple of interesting issues. First, when is an […]

Job ads – Bournemouth and Slough

Shelter Housing Litigation Solicitor £31,923-£37,030 pa (depending on experience) + excellent benefits including flexible working and 30 days holiday Bournemouth, Dorset Closing date: 23 September 2019 at 11.30 pm If you’re a qualified Solicitor or Barrister who is passionate about standing up for people’s rights and committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients, Shelter’s legal […]
The Blog
Posts on the latest housing case law and statute, starting in 2007 and updated frequently.
Downloads
PDFs of the archives on selected topics
News Feeds

A collection of news feeds from housing sites
Links
Other housing law and legal sites
Bedroom Tax decisions

Collection of bedroom tax Tribunal decisions and reasons
About us

Who we are and why we do this. Disclaimer and copyright

Email updates

Subscribe for updates by email - daily whenever there is new content.
Apple News

Follow on Apple News on iPhone or iPad

RSS Recent judgments – Admin Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court