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Abdullah v Westminster City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1171 Do matrimonial home rights apply where notice to leave to a non-tenant spouse has been given by a joint tenant who is not the spouse? A question raised and answered in this homeless case. This was a...
Williams & Anor v Hinton & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1123 This, and please bear with me here, was an application for leave to appeal a Circuit Judge's trial judgment. It was also an application for an injunction to restrain enforcement of the trial judgment,...
Jones & Anor v Ruth & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 804 We missed this one when it came out in July 2011. Not sure why - sorry. This was an appeal of a claim in nuisance, trespass, harassment and personal injury. The claim arose out of building works on an...
I have had a question from the editor of the Small Places blog, which is a very fine blog on human rights and community care, with attention to Court of Protection matters. I think it is a question which might benefit from the assembled housing law mavens...
Windsor and District Housing Association v Hewitt [2011] EWCA Civ 1096 (Not on Bailii or elsewhere. We've seen a transcript). It is of interest not least for the Court of Appeal's view of the meaning of the funding limitations on a Public Funding...
Bah v The United Kingdom - 56328/07 [2011] ECHR 1448 This is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the regulations for eligibility for housing support, after the declaration of incompatibility in Westminster v Morris [2005] EWCA Civ 1184. It is...
The mass letter on misrepresentation of trespass will be going out this morning (Monday 26 Sept). The letter will be sent to all the major newspapers, and BBC and ITN news, probably before you read this. The Guardian has what I think is a good article on the...
Haringey LBC v Theobald. Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court 7 April 2011 Hat tip to September's Legal Action 'Recent Developments in Housing Law' for this County Court case, and Daniel Fitzpatrick at Hodge Jones & Allen. Not a very significant case...
Things have moved on about the idea of a letter from housing lawyers. A letter has been prepared for housing lawyers and law academics to sign and arrangements are under way for getting it publicity. I'm sending the text of the letter to everyone who...
Some bits and pieces from the last week that didn't quite fit in elsewhere. First - developments in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. At the committee stage a large number of amendments were tabled, both by the Government and by the...
Two, quite distinct, bodies have put out some free guides. The DCLG have released some booklets aimed at private landlords and tenants, giving guidance on requirements and best practice: Top Tips for Tenants: Assured Shorthold Tenancies Top Tips for...
I'm afraid that this is beyond parody, but couldn't go unremarked. Anyway, it is a quiet time for judgments. Today the National Housing Federation took the view that housing provision in the UK, or England at least, is basically demented, with millions to be...