An appeal of a possession order, on grounds of disability discrimination and public law. Eales v Havering LBC (2018) QBD 13/07/2018 (extempore judgment, note on Lawtel) Ms E had a non-secure contractual tenancy from Havering. Havering had sought...
We reported a county court appeal on the issue of termination of tenancy of a deceased tenant by service of notice on the Public Trustee in Pavey v LB Hackney here. The problem being when the notice to quit was not served on the Estate (at the...
Youth Legal Housing Solicitor Job An exciting position still remains open for a Solicitor to supervise and develop our housing law work. Youth Legal is a specialist legal advice service for young people providing independent legal advice that is...
Dr Amanda Lindsay v Berkley Homes (Capital) PLC (2018) QBD (TCC) 13/07/2018 (Extempore judgment reported on Lawtel) Dr Lindsay owned a leasehold flat. She had brought a claim (in person) arising out of works to demolish a concrete basement to the...
My apologies for the link to the Daily Mail, but it appears that Fergus Wilson is at it again. For newcomers, Wilson has a considerable history of being a Very Bad Private Landlord. For example, losing to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission...
TW, SW, and EM, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough Of Hillingdon (2018) EWHC 1791 This was a judicial review of Hillingdon's allocation scheme and in particular, the thresholds for eligibility for inclusion on the housing list set by...
Kamara v London Borough Of Southwark (2018) EWCA Civ 1616 In Makisi & Ors v Birmingham City Council (2011) EWCA Civ 355 (our report), the Court of Appeal decided that the right to make 'oral submissions' in response to a ‘minded to’ letter...
Well now. I'm not sure what to make of this. The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal in Doka v London Borough of Southwark. But... Doka v Southwark concerned what could amount to 'settled accommodation' for homelessness matters, and...
Oduneye v Brent London Borough Council (2018) EWCA Civ 1595 (not on Bailii yet - judgment on Lexis) This was a second appeal from a s.204 appeal on Brent's decision that Ms O was intentionally homeless. Ms O was in person. She had sought an...
There is a new version of the MHCLG 'How to Rent Guide' out (apparently updated on 6 July 2018). Though according to MHCLG it dates from 26 June 2018. This is because there was a bit of a mess up with the previous version. (Update. During the...
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Williams & Anor (2018) EWCA Civ 1514 Japanese knotweed nuisance cases - there are already many of these and (given the nature of the pestilential stuff) there will be more. In case you don't know, Japanese...
MHCLG have issued their consultation on 'Overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies in the private rented sector'. The closing date is 26 August 2018. You may have seen this trailed as bringing in three year term assured shorthold tenancies. It...