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Please forgive the personal note, but in many ways the @NearlyLegal twitter account (yes, I know it was renamed X, but it is twitter) has been an integral part of this site and its growth. So I feel this should be marked here. After 16 years (dear...
UO v London Borough of Redbridge (2024) EWHC 1989 (Admin) We first saw UO and Redbridge in this judicial review of an unlawful housing needs assessment (HNA) and suitability decision. That decision was, to say the least, scathing about Redbridge's...
Yorkshire Legal Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor / Caseworker At Yorkshire Legal we are looking for a Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor Caseworker to join our team. Location: Bradford / York / Remote Job Type: Full-Time – 37 hours per...
Thanet Lodge (Mapesbury Road) & Anor v Mirchandani (LANDLORD AND TENANT - SERVICE CHARGES - recovery of legal and mediation expenses as service charges) (2024) UKUT 205 (LC) This was an appeal on a leaseholder's challenge to the payability of...
Lawstop Lawstop is a specialist firm of solicitors with offices in London, Brighton, Nottingham, Cornwall, Somerset, Hull, the Wirral, Sandwell, Leicestershire, and Rutland. We are recruiting an experienced Housing Solicitor to join to join our...
So, the King's Speech today (17 July) and the legislative programme of the new government. What does it hold for housing? There were few surprises, I suppose, given the Labour manifesto commitments, but we can now be sure that two housing/leasehold...
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Lessees of Brewster House and Malting House (2024) UKUT 193 (LC) (11 July 2024) This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal on whether a service charge for major works to remedy structural defects to two blocks of...
Cambridge House Law Centre Housing Solicitor Salary up to £49,000 per annum (depending upon experience) Excellent benefits including: ✓ 30 days holidays plus bank holidays and long service increments ✓ Flexible/Hybrid working and excellent...
And there we are, we have two (so far) new housing ministers. But, for once, and as opposed to the 16 (16! Five in the last two years!) between 2010 and 2024, it isn't because their predecessor was useless/promoted/resigned for unlawfully doing...
We are very grateful to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for the following note of a judgment in the Administrative Court on an application for interim relief. It is a very interesting case not only on section 188(1) accommodation but also...
Shelter Paralegal /Legal Adviser Salary: £31,133 per annum pro rata Location: Merseyside Fixed term contract until July 2025 – Maternity Cover Full time – 30 hours per week, working pattern to be negotiated with the successful candidate Closing...
A few quick notes on various leasehold related cases. Howe Properties (NE) Ltd v Accent Housing Ltd (2024) EWCA Civ 297 Accent Housing levied a management fee on leaseholders which was at flat rate and a) differed by tenure (freehold and assured...