It appears that the Supreme Court judgment in Manchester CC v Pinnock is due to be handed down on 3 November. Anticipation runs wild, particularly to see what the response, if any, is to Kay v UK.
Pinnock forthcoming…
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Overstepping the mark
Wandsworth LBC v Watson, Court of Appeal, Oct 12, 2010 - Lawtel note only This was an unopposed appeal by Wandsworth against a decision of a recorder on a s.204 appeal. Ms Watson applied to Wandsworth for assistance under Part 7, Housing Act 1996....
The Housing Corporation is dead! Long live the Housing Corporation!
So, we've now got the results of the "bonfire of the Quangos" (full list available here). For housing practitioners, the main points to note are: (1) Audit Commission - disband and transfer audit functions into private ownership; (2) Homes and...
Homelessness – ‘due regard’ to disability
Pieretti v London Borough of Enfield [2010] EWCA Civ 1104 This is an odd case, in lots of ways, but what is decided in this appeal to the Court of Appeal is potentially of broader significance and certainly useful as clarification. The issue was...
Asked, but not necessarily answered
After the excitements of Kay v UK, the LSC Judicial Review and the coming into force of (bits) of the Equalities Act - on which we will have a post shortly - there is a bit of a lull before the floods of new housing case law start up again. So,...
Law Soc JR: Some details
I have some details of the Law Society v Legal Services Commission judicial review judgment. Can't reveal my source but they were close to the action. [edited 01/10/2010 - some corrections] The JR was won on the issue of the significance given to...
Law Society v LSC newsflash
Result out this afternoon. The Law Society won their JR of the Family tender process. No details yet - more as and when. But things are going to be very interesting. Who bets on current contracts extended till April 2011 while Ken readies his axe?
Tenants of defaulting mortgagees II
Earlier this year J reported the passage of the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants) Act 2010 which comes into force tomorrow (1st October), together with the Dwelling Houses (Execution of Possession Orders by Mortgagees) Regulations 2010...
Set-aside or Appeal?
Islington LBC v Cecil and Grace Markland, Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court, 17/07/2010 The issue of whether a first hearing in a possession claim could be properly considered to be a trial came up in Forcelux Ltd v Binnie [2009] EWCA Civ 854...
RTM costs (or, how not to grant permission to appeal)
Wilson v Lesley Place (RTM) Company Ltd [2010] UKUT 342 (LC) I confess to being a bit bitter about this case. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) is hideously overworked. It can (and often does) take over a year for an appeal from an LVT to get...
Quango culling
The BBC has a leaked list of quangos that - potentially - the government is planning/considering to abolish. Of interest to housing lawyers: (a) the Audit Commission (abolish and transfer); (b) National Tenant Voice (abolished - not sure about...
Can’t hear you…
There is a fascinating article in the 23/09/2010 Gazette by DJ Robert Hill on rights of audience in County Court hearings in chambers and the effect of the Legal Services Act 2007 While not strictly housing related, it is of relevance or potential...