More results...

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Allocation
ASB
Assured Shorthold tenancy
assured-tenancy
Benefits and care
Deposits
Disrepair
Homeless
Housing Conditions
Housing law - All
Introductory and Demoted tenancies
Leasehold and shared ownership
Licences and occupiers
Mortgage possession
Nuisance
Possession
Regulation and planning
right-to-buy
secure-tenancy
Succession
Trusts and Estoppel
Unlawful eviction and harassment

Christopher Chope MP makes a generous offer

21/10/2014

The Justice Select Committee heard oral evidence on housing legal aid after LASPO today, 21 October 2014. Representatives from HLPA, Shelter and Garden Court Chambers gave evidence. The recording is here, if the video below doesn’t work.

In the course of questioning, committee member Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch, makes the intriguing assertion that every housing benefit problem presented by a constituent at his surgery has been sorted by an MP’s letter, and he wonders why legal aid for HB issues might be required for just that reason.

As Mr Chope MP appears to have magical powers, (or not many people present with HB problems at his surgery), this looks to me like a clear invitation for all people with HB issues in the Christchurch constituency to attend Mr Chope’s surgeries, and for local advice agencies to refer people to his surgeries. After all, one letter from him will sort things.

Share on Bluesky

Giles Peaker is a solicitor and partner in the Housing and Public Law team at Anthony Gold Solicitors in South London. You can find him on Linkedin and on Bluesky. (No longer on Twitter). Known as NL round these parts.

0 Comments

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. LASPO Impacts | Legal Aid Handbook - […] week on housing, immigration and family cases – you can read the transcript here (and see here Nearly Legal’s…

Leave a Reply (We can't offer advice on individual issues)

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.