I decided to ignore 2021 altogether this new year. Instead, here is a look forward (if not entirely an enthusiastic one) to potential policy and legislative changes in 2022, for England, at least. (If Wales finally brings in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act in...
Still with the old, bring in the new. Wales update and preview.
Our grateful thanks to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for the following post on the position - current and to come - on housing law changes in Wales. Notice Seeking Possession It has been now over a year since the previous article substantially updating...
Various notes – anniversaries, punishments, evictions and RROs.
A few notes on events and a couple of RRO cases. Landlord Law, run by Tessa Shepperson, has achieved the remarkable feat of passing its 20th anniversary. That is really quite something for an online service - the online landscape was very different in 2001!....
Job ad – Luton
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Property Guardian firms, HMOs, licences, penalties and RROs – it is all here
It turns out that at more or less the same time as Global 100 were pursuing their appeal in the Court of Appeal with regard to their possession claim against a guardian who had been occupying a property owned by NHS Property Services Ltd (our note here),...
Job ads – Central London and Luton
Mary Ward Legal Centre Do you want to join a friendly and committed team of Housing Solicitors? We are looking to recruit a full-time Housing solicitor to undertake a wide range of casework including defending possession proceedings, counterclaims,...
Leasehold assortment
Some quick notes on leasehold related cases. Termhouse (Clarendon Court) Management Ltd v Al-Balhaa (2021) EWCA Civ 1881 The First Tier Tribunal has no power to enforce its decisions. This has to be done via the County Court. In some circumstances this can...
Job ads – South London and Luton
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The appearance of a substantial defence in possession claims, and property guardians and possession.
Global 100 Ltd v Laleva (2021) EWCA Civ 1835 There is a hell of a lot packed into one appeal here, so I'll try to be brief. This was Global 100's appeal of a first instance appeal (our note here) in which HHJ Luba QC had held that the first instance District...
Court of Appeal on time of demands and legal costs in service charges
Kensquare Ltd v Boakye (2021) EWCA Civ 1725 A second appeal to the Court of Appeal from the Upper Tribunal on a service charge dispute - a decision we briefly noted as Kensquare Ltd v Adwoa & Anor here. There were two main issues, both of some...
Not unaware enough – intentional homelessness in the Court of Appeal
Ciftci v London Borough of Haringey (2021) EWA Civ 1772 A second appeal to the Court of Appeal on Haringey's decision that Ms Ciftci was intentionally homeless. Ms C lived in Switzerland, where she had a rented flat, which was suitable and affordable for...
Davidoffed.
Since our post on the FTT decision in Maharaj & Lo Porto v Richard Davidoff (Tribunal appointed manager) LON/00AL/LSC/2020/0111, there have been some developments with regard to Richard Davidoff and his company ABC Block Management. First, ABC Block...