The hearing of Birmingham's appeal to the Lords from this Court of Appeal judgment is listed for 26 January 2009. No news yet on what it is that Brum are actually appealing and on what grounds.
Aweys v Birmingham in the Lords date
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Belated and in brief
Also with thanks to Legal Action for this one I had missed (my fault because it dates back to before my illustrious co-bloggers joined NL)... Littlejohn v City of Westminster [2007] EWCA Civ 1562. Court of Appeal permission to appeal on vulnerability. A...
Intentional homelessness and badly behaved children
This is somewhat belated - I'd missed these and the court of appeal isn't on Bailii to link to - so thanks to Legal Action for the heads up. White v Southwark LBC [2008] EWCA Civ 792 was an application for permission for a second appeal from a s.204 appeal....
Homeless eligibility issue off to the ECJ
Teixeira v London Borough of Lambeth [2008] EWCA Civ 1088 is a Court of Appeal hearing, referring questions about right of residence under Art 12 of Regulation (EEC) 1612/68 to the European Court. (This is very much a continuation of the issues in LB Harrow...
Care home closures and right to life
Verna Wilson & Ors, R (on the application of) v Coventry City Council [2008] EWHC 2300 (Admin) was a judicial review of the decisions by Coventry and Havering councils to close care homes with elderly residents suffering from dementia or physical...
On the Naughty Step
Very firmly esconsed on the step are Sutton Estates, managing agents on Merseyside. These charmers came up with the idea of putting notice boards outside the homes of tenants in rent arrears, proclaiming it to be the home of a 'rent dodger'. Sutton Estates...
Transferred Trespassers
As it stands, Schedule 11 of the Housing and Regeneration Act will end the existence of tolerated trespassers who meet these conditions: (i) the home condition is met (ie that the dwelling house remains the ex-tenant’s only or principal home). (ii) the...
In passing…
There was an interesting article in today's Guardian on the legacy of Right to Buy, not exactly an in-depth piece, but featuring a number of the issues familiar to anyone who practicises in housing - from dodgy short term letting to major works charges on...
Hey, you asked…
Another in Nearly Legal's sporadic attempts at being helpful to passing internet searchers. All the questions are genuine searches from the logs, including the rather puzzling 'crinoline flint', which perhaps gives more insight into the searcher than one...
Forthcoming events…
NL may well feature more news of upcoming housing law events, seminars, workshops etc. etc. in the future. I have more or less decided that we'll have a separate page for them. Anyone who wants their event etc. etc. listed on Nearly Legal is welcome to email...
Shared Ownership – Midland Heart with benefit of transcript
The earlier post on this shared ownership possession case, Richardson v Midland Heart Ltd, (November 2007 Birmingham) attracted a lot of comment, some of it excitable and ill-informed (and much of that from me). Nearly Legal now has a copy of the judgment,...
On the Naughty Step
Or an RSL behaving badly, again. And this time it's personal... 21 Press House, Press Road LON/00AE/LSC/2007/0292 [pdf], an LVT decision. The landlord, Stadium Housing Association, were facing an application over hefty service charges made on an shorthold...