[Edit 01/09/2010. There has been a further change to the FAQ discussed in this post. See the new post here] Bear with me. This is going to be a bumpy ride. The LSC's terms of tender for civil contracts stated Paragraph 15.11: “For a tender to be complete,...
On the Naughty Step – drop the dead donkey redux
There is very hot competition among the cast of this sorry episode for being placed on the step. This is also a story which has already been commented on by Tessa Shepperson of Landlord Law, who indeed played a small - and entirely virtuous - part. But Tessa...
Hospital or prison – your choice
Boatwright v Boatwright [2010] EWCA Civ 877 Let us not get excited, this is a nothing of a case, but in these dog days of summer, where substantive case law is hard to come by, we have to take what we can get. The Court of Appeal were confronted by a frankly...
Please do not adjust your set
Some behind the scenes updates - which had to be done - mean that the blog is going to look not entirely like its usual self for a few days (fonts and font size, some layout etc.), till I can get to grips with some coding oddities. Probably this weekend. I...
An ugly metaphor
This is the Strata Tower, less than proud winner of Building Design's 2010 Carbuncle Cup, awarded to the ugliest new building in the country for its 'odour of boy musk', 'grim stridency' and for auditioning for a 'James Bond title sequence in the Elephant...
Contracts and appeals: An Unclarification from the LSC
The LSC, aware that there is a lot of interest in the appeals process for the contract award decisions (mainly, of course, because there are a lot of organisations appealing), has become concerned about "some inaccurate and confusing press reports". The LSC...
Suspended Possession Orders and Insolvency: with benefit of transcript
And as if by magic (thanks J) we have a transcript for the permission hearing judgment in Godfrey v A2 Dominion [2010] EWCA Civ 941, following our earlier note here. Brief facts - the assured tenant ran up rent arrears. A2 began possession proceedings....
Bankruptcy and possession – permission granted
North British Housing v Sharples [2010] EWCA Civ 539 [Not on Bailii or Lawtel] This is the second permission to appeal hearing on this topic that we have reported recently, after Godfrey v A2 Dominion (on which we are still seeking more detail). Sadly the...
“Responding to Human Rights Judgments”, or then again, not.
The latest Government response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights report 2009/10 has been released. The PDF of the response is available here. This is the response of the current Government and they make clear that it is to a report prepared under the...
Sunday Misc.
Some bits and pieces from the weekend... New websites 1 The OPSI and Statute Law Database sites have been combined into one new site for statute: www.legislation.gov.uk. However, the databases are the same and the current estimate is that about 50% of the...
Job Ad
Mary Ward Legal Centre Seeks a temporary Housing Solicitor to join an established experienced team to undertake a wide range of casework including defending possession proceedings, disrepair actions and homelessness appeals. You will need a minimum of two...
Suspended possession orders and insolvency: request for info
We've been told that on 29 July 2010, the tenant appellant in Godfrey v A2 Dominion North Ltd was granted permission to appeal. Quite what permission has been given is less clear - our source says Court of Appeal, but the case was elsewhere listed as being...