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(With thanks to Clara Hilger of Landmark Chambers for this note on what must be one of the earliest Ground 1A cases to get before a judge. Her client - perfectly reasonably - did not want their name to live forever in the Google archives, so this is just A...
Central England Law Centre is recruiting for a Community Housing Rights Lawyer to join our team in Coventry. This is a key role combining specialist housing advice and casework with community-led early intervention and systemic change. Role Summary: Job...
With thanks to Will Ford (Osbornes Law) for this guest post about an important recent decision of the UT(AAC) Housing Benefit rules on absences abroad found to be unlawfully discriminatory Michaela Kuželová v (1) The London Borough of Barnet (2) The...
Thank you to everyone who kindly offered to join the NL writing staff. I had around 100 offers, which was both lovely and time-consuming. I'm in the process of writing to those who I'll be asking to join. I'm afraid, given the (unexpected) number of offers,...
I am sorry that the site has been down for a few days. It was nothing more complicated than missed payments to the hosting company which Giles had been unable to authorise, for obvious reasons. I wanted to update you all about the future of the blog. After...
Several of you have asked (whether in comments or in emails) about whether there will be a live stream of the funeral. This has now been arranged and details are below. https://www.wesleymedia.co.uk/webcast-view Date & Time: Friday 22/05/2026 12:00...
The funeral will be at noon on 22 May 2026 and will take place at Harwood Park Crematorium https://www.crematorium.co.uk/ The wider housing law world is very welcome to join us in celebrating and mourning Giles. JBKC
I am very sorry to announce that Giles passed away over the weekend. If and when there is further information that I can share, I will do so. For now, please take a moment to read the short obituary prepared by his friends, colleagues and Partners at Anthony...
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Greens I want to like the Greens. I really do. But I can’t shake the concern that they are fundamentally opposed to development on the scale needed to address our national problems...
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Lib Dems What do the Liberal Democrats offer us? At a purely personal level, I’ve been quite impressed with the Liberal Democrats over the past few years. Daisy Cooper has been very...
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Conservatives It's fashionable to treat elections with a weary, nay affected, cynicism and a refrain of “they’re all as bad as each other”. That, frankly, is nonsense. And no-where...
It takes a special kind of person who, faced with the multifaceted horrors of our disfunctional housing system, decides that what is really needed is to make it harder for some people to access social housing and to create new grounds or possession.** Yet...