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(Our very grateful thanks to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre - our official Wales correspondent, whether he knows it or not - for the following update.) On 10th October 2023, the Welsh government released its Consultation on the White Paper on Ending...
Cottam & Ors v Lowe Management Ltd (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - statutory definitions of "person managing" and "person in control of" an HMO) (2023) UKUT 306 (LC) This is a quite significant Upper Tribunal decision on a rent repayment order...
Dudley Metropolitan Council v Mailley (2023) EWCA Civ 1246 We first saw this very sad case on first instance in the High Court - our note here. Ms Mailley was defending possession of a Dudley property of which her late mother had been the secure tenant since...
Saint Sepulchre, R (On the Application Of) v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (2023) EWHC 2913 (Admin) A judicial review of RBKC's refusal to provide temporary accommodation pending section 202 review of the decision that Mr S was not homeless. Mr S...
Greater Manchester Law Centre Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is one of the few specialist housing advice agencies in the North West. We don’t just provide free legal advice to those experiencing homelessness and facing eviction, but work with...
Poplar HARCA v Kerr. Central London County Court 26 July 2023. (Unreported. Judgment here.) This was a county court appeal to a circuit judge on the issue of whether a pre-existing suspended possession order, made on a discretionary ground, could be varied...
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (2023) EWCA Civ 1416 For transparency purposes, I acted for the Housing Law Practitioners Association on its intervention in this appeal. There was a great weight of expectations on this appeal, with...
Our grateful thanks to Noah Gifford of Pallant Chambers for the following note of a County Court judgment on the endlessly vexed issue of gas safety records and section 21 notices. (We've seen the judgment). This time, the issue is the requirements when a...
Imam, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon (2023) UKSC 45 Full transparency - I acted for Crisis on an intervention in this case. This is the long awaited Supreme Court decision in Imam v Croydon on what conditions a court should have regard...
Hopkin Murray Beskine have a vacancy for a paralegal to assist our busy housing and public law team. We are a long established Islington firm with clients from across London and beyond, who come to us because of our expertise in family, housing and public...
Three county court cases - all first instance judgments and non-binding, but each of interest, including the first two fitness for human habitation decisions that have come our way and a complicating decision on gas safety certificates and section 21...
GT Stewart Solicitor – Housing Team We are a renowned multiservice law firm committed to access justice. Our lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties and human rights. We are a Legal 500, and Chambers UK recommended firm...