Our grateful thanks to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for this note of a section 204 appeal decision, which is interesting in the approach to representations in response to 'minded to' letters, to affordability assessments and on the...
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How to Rent Guide – new version
DLUHC has today (24 March 2023) issued a revised version of the How to Rent guide. This is important because for any post 1 October 2015 assured shorthold tenancy, or ‘renewal’ tenancy (where the guide as been updated at the time of the new...
Overlooking – an overview
Fearn & Ors v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (2023) UKSC 4 A belated note on the Supreme Court decision on nuisance and overlooking. You'll all know the result by now - the Tate lost - so this is about what the Supreme Court says about...
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Contempt and Conduct of Litigation
Baxter v Doble & Anor (2023) EWHC 486 (KB) This was an application for committal for contempt of court for provision of legal services by a person not entitled to do so, arising out of a possession claim in Devon. It is of considerable...
Rent Repayment Orders – just the immediate landlord
Rakusen v Jepsen & Ors (2023) UKSC 9 The issue for the Supreme Court was whether the wording of section 40 and 41 Housing and Planning Act 2016 meant that a rent repayment order could be made against only a tenant's immediate landlord, or also...
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Mea Culpa
I know, I know. Updates have been thin on the ground. I'm afraid it is the 'work and life getting in the way' thing again. I've got a lot on my plate and no time and/or energy to do case notes. So, in the meantime, here's a list of things that I...
Unravelling a mental health moratorium
Kaye v Lees (2023) EWHC 152 (KB) We've seen previous instalments in this matter here and here. The result of those was that Mr Kaye's eviction of Ms Lees after a charging order and order for sale was unlawful as the eviction was after notification...
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