Ferko v Ealing Magistrates Court & Ors (2024) EWHC 2592 (Admin) This was an appeal by case stated to the High Court from a decision of Ealing Magistrates Court on a statutory nuisance/section 82 Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution. It...
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Job ads – Luton, Bradford, and Islington
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Orders for forced entry after injunction
Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall. Bristol County Court. 10 July 2024 (Unreported. A copy of the judgment is here.) This was a County Court appeal from a first instance decision by a District Judge that the Court did not have...
Job Ad – Cardiff
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Posthumous Right to Buy
Howe v Brent London Borough Council (2024) EWCA Civ 1444 Just a quick note on this Court of Appeal judgment on whether a family member (B) of a secure tenant with a right to buy their home (A) is able to exercise a shared right to buy if A, whose...
Fees before the Tenant Fees Act, after the Tenant Fees Act.
Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan (2024) EWCA Civ 1457 The Court of Appeal on the status of a fee related to a tenancy taken before the Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and the impact on the validity of a section 21 notice. Ms...
Job ads – Worcester, Camden
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Assorted notes on bits of interest
Various bits of interest... On 21 November, the Housing Minister Matt Pennycook released a written statement on the Government's plans on Leasehold and Commonhold reform, with an outline timetable. Points to note are that regulations implementing...
Lateness – excusable and otherwise
Idara v Southwark LBC (2024) EWHC (KB) (unreported as yet) Thanks to 4-5 Grays Inn Square for their note of the case. This was an appeal to the High Court of the County Court's refusal to give permission for an out of time section 204 appeal....
Job ads – Wales
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“It must have consequences”
Our very grateful thanks to our Wales contributor, Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre, for the following excellent post on Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) - a very significant decision indeed for landlords in...
Notes in passing. Big issues in Wales, and “Probably one can obtain the like on Amazon”
A couple of quick notes For landlords in Wales, Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) is potentially a very big deal indeed. We will have a detailed note done before long, but in short, a two Judge High Court held...