Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership (2025) EWHC 933 (KB) This was an appeal of a possession order made by HHJ Luba KC. Ms Thiam was the assured tenant of Richmond Housing. A possession order had been sought on grounds 8 (rent arrears), ground 14...
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Job ad – London and somewhere else
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Refusal of offers and the end of homeless duties
Socrattes Ofori-Addo v London Borough of Haringey (2025) EWCA Civ 277 A second appeal from a section 204 appeal. Ms O-A had applied to Haringey as homeless and was in temporary accommodation under the section 189B Housing Act 1996 relief duty. An...
Equality Act assessors and disclosure of advice
Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd (2025) EWCA Civ 448 This is a second appeal from the High Court's appeal judgment that we noted here. The issue was the use of and non-disclosure to the parties of an Equality Act assessor's advice to the...
Job ad – Camden
Osbornes Law Roles for two Paralegals in the Housing, Social Care, and Public Law team at Osbornes Osbornes Law is recruiting for two paralegals to assist partners William Ford and Edward Taylor in its Housing, Social Care and Public Law department...
The Yeovil Imbroglio
Cawley & Cawley v Abdri Group Limited. Yeovil County Court. 5 February 2025. (Copy of Judgment) This is something of a companion piece to the two judgments in Bristol we noted here, being also a judgment on an interim application in a housing...
Job ads: London, Southwark, Bristol and Sheffield
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Bristol fashion – housing conditions claims
I've been passed a couple of judgments in housing conditions claims at Bristol County Court, one a contested allocation decision, the other on an application for a stay. They are both interesting, but also I think illustrative of current issues in...
Job ad – Camden
Mary Ward Legal Centre Head of Housing Are you lawyer with a passion for tackling the injustice of our housing system? Do you want to be part of an organisation that shares your values of fighting for access to justice and changing lives? Mary Ward...
Oddities and Ends
Sorry for the silence, while the cases to write up have piled up. It has been a busy stretch in and out of work... More thorough write-ups of some cases will follow, but for now, a few brief notes on cases of interest and oddness. Thanks to Doughty...
On corrections and registers of landlords and tenants
First, an apology for yesterday's post/email. I paused to eat half way through writing, and on re-starting completely confused my Cs and Ls as to claimant/appellant and defendant/respondent. As a result it appeared that both parties had estranged...
Didn’t bother trying to find her. She’s not there.
Lumsden v Charles (2025) EWCC 7 A county court appeal in a tenancy deposit penalty claim, which is both a catalogue of 'you don't want to do it like that', and has a significant point on the operation of section 48 Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. Ms...