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The NL site has been hacked. Apparently it is a widespread hack against WordPress sites (the blogging platform we use) and even though the site was up to date and secured, they got in. The site will be messy for a little while as I put things...
3 cases have recently been decided by the ECtHR Chamber Busuioc v Republic of Moldova [2013] ECHR 684 (16/7/13) The Applicant (B) complained to the Court under Arts 3 and 8 ECHR about the State's failure to protect her and her two children under...
as the Rolling Stones didn't quite say. In Re 28 Pallant House [2013] UKUT 327 (LC), the Upper Tribunal was faced with an application for permission to appeal out of time. The appellant was the long leaseholder of a flat; LB Southwark was her...
By s.87, Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, the Secretary of State has power to approve codes of practice in relation to the management of residential long leasehold blocks. Currently, he has approved (for non-retirement...
Barney v Eastern Green Ltd [2013] UKUT 331 (LC) is a helpful little reminder of the (limited) power of the LVT (FTT(PC)) to review apportionment issues in service charges. In the present case, the landlord had (pursuant to a term in the lease)...
Keeney Construction Ltd v Dr Zoe Brooke and others [2013] UKUT 329 (LC) is an odd little case (an opening phrase I tend to use a lot when talking about UT appeals). The substantive issue concerned a lease variation application under s.35, Landlord...
Tower Hamlets Law Centre is seeking a skilled housing specialist to join its busy housing team at its offices in Whitechapel. The successful applicant will need to have proven skills as a housing practitioner, effective communication skills and...
We’ve all been there. Perhaps more frequently, litigants in person have been there (although hopefully not the same LiP over and over again). A warrant for possession is due to be executed the next day. It may even be the same day. The occupier has...
The headline here, as has been widely tweeted/flashed etc, is that the challenge to the bedroom tax contained in Regulation B13, Housing Benefit Regulations (both generically and specifically in relation to households with a disabled person) was...
There are those who say that service charges are a dry subject. To them I say, welcome to Wallace-Jarvis v (1) Optima (Cambridge) Ltd (2) Khazai [2013] UKUT 328 (LC). The leaseholders at a development were concerned that their service charges were...
BDW Trading Ltd v South Anglia Housing Ltd [2013] EWHC B10 (Ch) is important and deserves much wider coverage than it has otherwise got. Before turning to the facts, lets just remind ourselves of the provisons of ss 20, 20ZA, Landlord and Tenant...
I've never liked the Gower. I recognise that, objectively, it's quite beautiful, but it was ruined for me by a camping holiday as a child. It was cold and wet. The rain was almost biblical in volume. There was nothing to do. And I ran out of books...