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Abbey National v Miller [2006] EWCA Civ 1520; [2007] EWCA Civ 138 Miller-Foulds v Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs [2008] EWHC 3443 (Ch); [2009] EWCA Civ 1132 You'd be forgiven for not having noticed any of this (long running)...
The Government in the form of the DCLG has issued its response to consultation on the directions it is to give the Tenant Services Authority under s.197 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and also the directions on regulatory standards themselves....
Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd v Walker [2009] EWCA Civ 1218 (although the neutral citation may change since there are two cases with number 1218) We noted this case when it was but a county court decision. The Court of Appeal decision is now...
Belmain Finance Limited v Peter James Bentley High Court (Chancery Division) Cardiff. In a widely reported settlement (see here, here and here for example) this case has come to an end. Belmain Finance had lent £40,000 to Mr Bentley, secured...
We are not actually in Devon, just for clarity, but in Concord, Washington, Tyne & Wear. I happen to know Concord, which is both ill-named and if one is honest, probably at the negative end of the architecturally charming list. But I won't hear a...
Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd v Heath [2009] EWCA Civ 1135 It has taken me a day or three to get to this one. Nobody else was up for doing it and frankly the detail of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, allegedly intended to make agreements clear for...
Central Bedfordshire Council v Taylor & Ors We've just heard that permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in Central Beds v Taylor has been refused. Our note of the Court of Appeal case is here. This was surely a chance for the Supreme Court to...
Following on from our note on the refusal of permission by the Supreme Court for Weaver v L&Q, we have now seen a copy of the Order. Lords Hope and Brown and Lady Hale refused permission to appeal on the ground that "the application did not raise...
Da Costa v Pinter Bromley County Court April 2008 With thanks to the November Legal Action housing updates. This was a tenancy deposit and 3 x deposit penalty claim. The rent was £1,950 a month. The tenancy agreement also stated 'Payment required...
An Arden Chambers Eflash has just announced that the Supreme Court have refused permission to appeal in R (Weaver) v L&Q. We'll try and get a link to the order ASAP. In the meantime, our post on Weaver in the Court of Appeal is here.
The Issue One of the slight frustrations of being an aspiring academic is that you tend to think in bite-size terms as and when the tutorial cycle demands. We've just "done" the now familiar peaks and troughs of the "new model" constructive trust...
Scrowther v Watermill Properties [2009] EW Misc 6 (EWCC) Newcastle upon Tyne County Court Continuing the Norwegian theme we appear to have adopted for such cases, here we have a example of an ex-sale and rent back agreement, void and gone to join...