Burke Niazi Solicitors Social Welfare Paralegal Burke Niazi Solicitors are looking to recruit a social welfare paralegal to work in their Housing, Court of Protection and Community Care departments. We are a highly regarded multi-service Legal Aid...
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Suitability review – excluding information, and ending existing accommodation.
Querino v Cambridge City Council. County Court at Cambridge, 29 March 2023 Continuing the trend (of which I wholeheartedly approve) of people sending me notes of judgments, the following is a note of a s.204 appeal of a suitability review decision...
Snoring is not ASB, not even in Lambeth.
LB Lambeth v Fanfair, County Court at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch, 14 February 2023 Our grateful thanks to Angharad Monk of Garden Court and Gurminder Birdi at Cambridge House Law Centre for this note of LB Lambeth's claim for an injunction...
Job ads – Kennington/National
ABBOTTS MARTIN SOLICITORS– Housing law vacancy An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housing solicitor/specialist to join our dynamic and expanding housing department. We require a self-motivated individual who can manage a varied workload and...
Local authority serving notices – requirements
Birmingham City Council v Bravington (2023) EWCA Civ 308 A quick one - A possession claim under s.84A Housing Act 1985 requires service of a notice under section 83ZA. In this case: The respondent, Mr Drew Bravington, has since 2018 had a secure...
No surrender
City of Westminster Council v Kazam & Anor (2023) EWHC 825 (KB) It is always the joint tenancies that cause problems... This was an appeal of a first instance decision dismissing a claim for possession by Westminster and declaring that Mr...
Law Society Housing Law Policy Committee.
The Law Society is looking for two solicitors to join the housing law policy committee. The committee works to inform and develop the Law Society's policy positions on housing law related matters, which can lead to lobbying government on law...
Illegal eviction – attempted or accomplished?
Wu v Chelmsford City Council (2023) EWCA Crim 338 Not something we see very often, an appeal from a conviction for illegal eviction (not that we see many convictions for illegal eviction in the first place). Brief facts - Mr and Mrs Krishnamoorthy...
Location, location, location (and getting discharge of duty right)
Zaman v London Borough of Waltham Forest and Uduezue v Bexley LBC (2023) EWCA Civ 322 These were two joined second appeals from section 204 appeals, both on the issue of whether the local authorities had lawfully discharged duty following decisions...
Job Ads – South London and Islington
Anthony Gold Solicitors PARALEGAL (6 months contract): HOUSING AND PROPERTY DISPUTES About the role: The Paralegal role (6 months contract) for the Housing and Property Disputes team will be responsible for supporting fee-earners in the team...
Time to respond to ‘minded to’ letters, and getting affordability right
Our grateful thanks to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for this note of a section 204 appeal decision, which is interesting in the approach to representations in response to 'minded to' letters, to affordability assessments and on the...
Job Ads – South London, Wandsworth, Aberystwyth and Rhyl.
Anthony Gold: Housing & Property Disputes Solicitor 2+PQE Job Description We have an exciting opportunity for a 2+PQE Solicitor/FCILEX to work in our Housing & Property Disputes Team handling a varied caseload. About the firm Anthony Gold...