Apparently Wandsworth are very very unhappy with the Court of Appeal judgment in Wandsworth v Randall on underoccupation possessions via ground 16 HA 1985. So unhappy that they are lobbying Caroline Flint to change the law via the Housing and...
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Stack v Dowden revisited
The Court of Appeal has effectively given guidance on the application of Stack v. Dowden [2007] UKHL 17 where one is faced with a transfer into joint ownership and no express statements as to shares in the property in Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA...
Possession orders and RTB
Honeygan-Green v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 363 (22 April 2008) A quick note on this Court of Appeal case. What happens when a secure tenant who has begun the right to buy process subsequently has a suspended possession order made...
EU homeless and education
A Court of Appeal case, concerning eligiblity for housing assistance via EU status London Borough of Harrow v Ibrahim & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 386 (21 April 2008) The facts are, briefly, Mrs Ibrahim is a Somali national, married to a Danish...
Falling property and other news
This week's award for literalism goes to William Lyttle. Mr Lyttle, apparently not realising that 'fall' and 'collapse' are usually metaphors when applied to property, spent 40 years excavating a labyrinth of tunnels under his Hackney property. Mr...
How not to pick a fight
Let us say you were a large US company, looking to throw around your intellectual property muscle for a quick buck by putting a licensing squeeze on small companies. If so, it is probably best not to pick on a small tech company headed by an...
Women's refuges and homelessness
Manchester City Council v Moran & Richards v Ipswich Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 378 This is a very important Court of Appeal judgment, which will have significant impact on Women's Refuges and women fleeing domestic violence. These were...
Deposit scheme mandatory award
Just a quick note to say that Housed has a report on a County Court judgment on a claim for failure to put deposit in scheme and notify tenant within 14 days. (Stankova v. Glassonbury 10th March 2008, Gloucester County Court. Initial report...
Shala revisited?
London Borough of Wandsworth v Allison [2008] EWCA Civ 354 is a Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal from a s.204 Housing Act 1996 appeal. It was made in downright odd circumstances, as the respondent had won the s.204 appeal but then had public...
Libel, fraud and child trafficking
Or 'On the Naughty Step...' Thanks to Mark P for the idea, I bring you news of scandal and criminality from the world of housing, albeit with only the most tangential relationship to housing law. Gentoo, a Sunderland based RSL and its CEO, Peter...
Hey, you asked 2
More brief but hopefully helpful replies to the civil litigation and housing questions that brought searchers to Nearly Legal. As ever, nothing of what follows should be taken as legal advice and no action should be taken without obtaining full...
Hodge woz wrong – official
It may have taken nearly a year after Margaret Hodge's 'they come over here taking our housing' outburst, but it turns out that she was wrong (and I was right, so there). The early findings of a major survey into social housing allocation ordered...