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
Less Notice! More Forms! End of eviction ban!
I know, I know - it is a Wednesday, so you weren't expecting new regulations and forms. Let alone a couple of weeks before they come into effect. But here they are! (For England only) The Govt announced that from 1 June 2021 there will be new...
Rent Repayment Order and legal costs
Leibel v Baird CHI/29UC/HMF/2020/0035 (4 May 2021) (FTT decision available here) This was an application for a rent repayment order in respect of an unlicensed property. Unusually, it also featured a rule 13 costs application by the tenant. Ms...
Service charge miscellany
Aster Communities v Kerry Chapman & Ors (2021) EWCA Civ 660 The Court of Appeal dsimissed Aster's appeal from the Upper Tribunal and upheld the UT's reasoning on setting conditions on Aster's application for dispensation from section 20...
It is a Friday, so new regulations made – form 3/section 8 notice. It doesn’t work.
Admittedly slightly earlier on a Friday than we have come to expect, but still on a Friday to come into force the next working day, come The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Moratorium Debt) (Consequential Amendment)...
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.
About Nearly Legal – who we are, why we do this, and copyright on our materials. Also, our comments policy.
Archives by category
Contact us (but we can't give individual advice)
Nearly Legal on Twitter
All the bits that don’t make it to the blog.
Amazing reporting by @itvcalendar all week, exposing the true scale of the #BuildingSafetyCrisis & the shocking lack of action by govt, 47 months on.
Essential viewing for all @mhclg officials, @team_greenhalgh @RobertJenrick & @RishiSunak. https://twitter.com/itvcalendar/status/1393136907169763333
"It is a scandal and I am ashamed as a construction professional that so many buildings have been built incorrectly."
As part of our exclusive investigation into cladding and building safety problems across Yorkshire, @LisaAdlamitv takes a look at exactly how we got here:
Been totting up. As well as dealing with countless illegal evictions & some very serious harassment involving crowbars, our team of brill case workers netted our clients £136,202.57 in RROs, out of court settlements & buy outs between April 2020 & April 2021
It is perhaps fitting that the DUP is to have a leader who doesn’t believe in evolution.
What a curious message. Over the last 4 years, MHCLG have not done any research into likely costs. So they can’t say whether £50 billion is wrong, or not. Or £15 billion or whatever. Dismissing a figure as unsubstantiated with no counter figure is odd. And frankly unhelpful.
[1/2] There have been recent reports suggesting that our £5 billion investment in remediating unsafe buildings will only cover 10% of the total cost. This figure is unsubstantiated and the reports are unreliable and unhelpful.