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Just how bad and inappropriate does temporary accommodation have to be to be unsuitable? There is an interesting post by David Thomas on the Anthony Gold 'Housing and Public Law' blog about a settled Judicial Review that highlights this issue. The challenge...
Is the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 still relevant in a landlord & tenant relationship, or not? Jasmine Alexander v (1) Freshwater Properties Limited (2) Christopher Place [2012] EWCA Civ 1048 This was an appeal, decided within a few days of Drysdale v...
This is the second of two recent cases on Defective Premises Act 1972 and stairs (for the first see here). There is now a third case on Occupiers Liability Act 1957 with our note to come shortly. Patrick Joseph Hannon v Hillingdon Homes Limited [2012] EWHC...
This is a little off topic, but it is an issue that would affect Nearly Legal and some of its readers. It is also an issue that affects legal blogging more generally. The Senior Presiding Judge and the Senior President of Tribunals have issued guidance on...
This is a failed possession and tenancy deposit case now of largely historic interest, though the principles still largely hold true. There is also an interesting point on the period of the tenancy - contractual date v rent date. Our thanks to Legal Action's...
Courtesy of the Local Government Ombudsman and Shelter, we have joint and several occupants of the naughty step. Welcome to the Step to Kent County Council and Dover District Council. (I know that some of you read NL) The full and frankly shameful story is...
We don't usually do promotional stuff on the blog, but I thought we might make an exception in this case, because it involves free CPD and, well, me (and another from the NL team). I did a podcast for CPDCast on the introduction and operation of Flexible...
What constitutes a defect or a lack of repair for the landlord to be liable for tenant's injury? This the first of a couple of cases involving liability under sections 2 Occupiers Liability Act 1957 and 4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 and stairs, or...
Well, there's an oddity. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 2 para 12(1) has repealed section 8(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. The relevant provision is: Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 12 (1) Omit section 8(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act...
Henson v Blackwood & Blackwood. Mayors & City of London Court 29 June 2012 & Central London County Court 25 July 2012 [We are grateful to Dean Underwood of Hardwicke Chambers for his notes on this case, from which quotes are taken and to GT...
And, like a sudden, startling and slightly embarrassing squeak from a vinyl sofa, flexible tenancies are here! London Borough of Barnet have announced, in a manner which suggests absolutely no political motivation behind the decision at all, the 'end of the...
May, R (on the application of) v Birmingham City Council [2012] EWHC 1399 (Admin) When can a Local Authority refuse to accept an application as homeless? This was a judicial review of Birmingham City Council's refusal to accept a homeless application by the...