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Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council (2025) EWCA Civ 1057 Yes, I am very late to this one, but doing a note for the sake of completeness. The Court of Appeal held that Pre-Settled Status (PSS) under Article 18 of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of...
Doughty Street Chambers HOUSING AND SOCIAL WELFARE TEAM SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR TENANCY FROM SPECIALIST PRACTITIONERS UP TO 15 YEARS’ CALL Closing date: 5pm on Monday 2nd February 2026 Doughty Street Chambers has a long-established and highly regarded...
As issues with the use of LLM generative AI in submissions in cases continue to arise, it is perhaps not surprising that the FTT(PC) appears to have had its share of such problems. What is perhaps more surprising is that it seems to have been largely on the...
Osbornes Law Housing Solicitor We are recruiting for a full-time solicitor with experience in housing law to join our expanding and award-winning Housing and Social Care team. Experience in community care and public law would also be desirable, but not...
A happy New Year to you all. It is going to be an interesting one on any measure. I've had a few days off, and so, in an attempt to enter 2026 with a clearer conscience and a lot fewer browser tabs open, I've been working on the backlog of cases I've been...
Catching up - housing conditions and illegal evictions Ferko v Kumar & Kumar. Ealing Magistrates Court. 15 July 2025 This was the sentencing hearing in an Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution that we previously saw in on appeal in the High...
A batch of case notes on homelessness and allocations cases. RR, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Enfield (2025) EWCA Civ 1390 An appeal to the Court of Appeal of the dismissal of RR’s judicial review challenging Enfield’s allocation scheme...
From 27 December 2025, no lease of more than 21 years is capable of being an assured (or assured shorthold) tenancy, as the relevant part of the Renters Rights Act 2025 came into force. This means that the ‘AST trap’ for long leases with a ground rent that...
As we head into some time off (and a chance to rest my RSI) I bring you a couple of tidings, not necessarily of comfort and joy, of things for the new year. And a bit of a gift for Christmas. After Christmas, I'll see about some of the backlog of reports. In...
With the introduction of of the new grounds of possession looming - 1 May 2026 - we are very pleased to bring you as a seasonal gift this guest post by Nick Bano, barrister, and Jamie McGowan, pupil, of Garden Court Chambers, helpfully looking at the routes...
Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) Senior Legal Advisor £48k (23 month fixed term contract with possibility of perm) Deadline 17th December 2025 To express interest, please email dlangton@lawabsolute.com Role Outline This is a new role within LEASE, and an...
It has been one of those days, where a couple of things caused gnashing of teeth at the state of the world, or at least that (smallish) bit of it that involves the practice of housing law. So, I am going to vent. Apologies in advance. Firstly, I am trying to...