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The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families have issued new guidance to local housing authorities and local social services authorities on housing obligations owed to 16...
[aka Three out of the Five go ever so slightly bonkers on the way to Mornington Crescent, and one of those three gets lost on the way] On the Radio 4 show, I'm sorry I haven't a clue, there is a game called Mornington Crescent, in which there are...
Thanks to the virtual telegraph, I've had the transcript in R (Coombes) v Secretary of State for CLG and Waltham Forest LBC [2010] EWHC 666 (Admin) for a few days (but it still does not appear on Baili, although, I gather, is available on Westlaw...
We here at NL pride ourselves on providing comprehensive coverage of housing law (or, at least as comprehensive as six people who do this in their spare time can be) and that includes updates on leasehold property related matters. So, without...
A couple of bits of news. First, John Healey, the shy and self-effacing Housing Minister, announced his intention to make unlawful sub-letting a criminal offence. That said, the DCLG press release rather jumps the gun by describing the sub-lettings...
Spring is in the air and daffodils are blossoming which is usually a sign that an update to the civil procedure rules is in the offing. This year, we are doubly blessed. Parts of both the 51st and52nd updates will come into force over the next...
Hewett v First Plus Financial Group Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 312 We are a little late on this one, which the family law bloggers have already noted, but it is a bit irresistible. Mrs Hewlett was appealing a possession order obtained by First Plus...
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council v Gibbons [2010] EWCA Civ 327 This was the Court of Appeal judgment on a second appeal from a s.204 Housing Act 1996 appeal in the County Court. At issue were the Circuit Judge's findings that Bury had: a) failed...
On 17 March 2010, the 'The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010', SI 2010 NO. 866 was made. Also enacted on 17 March was The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving...
The Housing Act 1988 has been amended to increase the maximum rent level to £100,000.
Chasewood Park Residents Ltd v Kim [2010] EWHC 579 (Ch) is a rent/service charges case that should serve as a useful object lesson: first for parties to remind them of the importance of precise pleading and the use of evidence; and second, I hope,...
Cook v Thomas & Thomas [2010] EWCA Civ 227 This case was well describd by the Court of Appeal as "a most unfortunate and regrettable dispute". The facts were as follows. C is the sole legal owner of a small ara of farmland with farmhouse in Wales...