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Various brief notes on assorted cases, including RROs, trespass and unlawful eviction for a licensee, and nuisance by football. Oh and use of make-up artists by a party... Pearton v Betterton Duplex Ltd (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - rent paid before the...
Community Law Partnership The Community Law Partnership is a legal aid practice specialising in housing and public law. We are ranked in band 1 in Chambers and Partners Directory and have taken several cases to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. We do...
Some good news. The government has committed to scrapping the rough sleeping provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824 and not replacing them. Finally, rough sleeping will be decriminalised. The previous government had said the Vagrancy Act 1824 would be repealed,...
Kaur v Birmingham City Council. County Court at Birmingham. 12 January 2025. (Copy of judgment is here). A copy of the judgment in this County Court trial on a preliminary issue before a Circuit Judge has reached me. It is both interesting, and, I gather,...
Southwark Law Centre Senior Housing Solicitor Salary range NJC scale SP 37-41 £50,646-£54,684 35 hours per week The housing team at Southwark Law Centre delivers specialist legal advice and assistance including outreach, telephone and email advice to...
Jeffrey v Teevan (2025) EWCC 24 This is the County Court appeal of an order setting aside default judgment and a default costs order. There is a big 'twist in the tale', as the Circuit Judge puts it, and, because I do like a bit of dramatic tension, you'll...
Our grateful thanks to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre, our now designated person for housing law in Wales, for this detailed and thoughtful view on whether Wales will be left behind in retaining possession claims with no grounds required. Introduction It...
Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre Housing Solicitor/ Caseworker Salary: £34,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience) Working hours: 35 per week, Hybrid working Contract: Permanent Benefits include 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, compressed hours 4...
Beach v South Hams District Council (2025) EWCA Civ 609 A second appeal from a section 204 appeal of South Hams' review decision that Mr Beach was intentionally homeless by not occupying (or not continuing to occupy) a hotel room in Paignton that had been...
Southwark Law Centre Housing Caseworker/Solicitor Salary range NJC scale SP19 - 32 £36,888- £45,399 (pro rata if part time, starting salary dependent on experience) 35 hours per week – Part time considered The housing team at Southwark Law Centre delivers...
This is a cautionary tale, somewhat along the lines of Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children. Consider this the "George: Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions." of homelessness judicial reviews....
Mohamed v LB Hounslow. Central London County Court. 28 April 2025 (Unreported. A copy of the judgment is here.) Our thanks to Will Ford of Osbornes Law and counsel Daniel Clarke for letting us know about this section 204 appeal of a review of suitability of...