Very firmly esconsed on the step are Sutton Estates, managing agents on Merseyside. These charmers came up with the idea of putting notice boards outside the homes of tenants in rent arrears, proclaiming it to be the home of a 'rent dodger'. Sutton...
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Starting on Monday
A big week for housing law next week. The House of Lords is hearing Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2007] EWCA Civ 404 (tolerated trespassers and assured tenancies in the context of a preserved Right to Buy) Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing...
Transferred Trespassers
As it stands, Schedule 11 of the Housing and Regeneration Act will end the existence of tolerated trespassers who meet these conditions: (i) the home condition is met (ie that the dwelling house remains the ex-tenant’s only or principal home). (ii)...
In passing…
There was an interesting article in today's Guardian on the legacy of Right to Buy, not exactly an in-depth piece, but featuring a number of the issues familiar to anyone who practicises in housing - from dodgy short term letting to major works...
Stadium Housing to Appeal
Regular readers of this blog will have read our comments on (in our view) a fairly poor example of service charge management by an RSL, entitled On the Naughty Step. To my surprise the RSL in question — Stadium Housing — have decided to appeal the...
Hey, you asked…
Another in Nearly Legal's sporadic attempts at being helpful to passing internet searchers. All the questions are genuine searches from the logs, including the rather puzzling 'crinoline flint', which perhaps gives more insight into the searcher...
Forthcoming events…
NL may well feature more news of upcoming housing law events, seminars, workshops etc. etc. in the future. I have more or less decided that we'll have a separate page for them. Anyone who wants their event etc. etc. listed on Nearly Legal is...
Shared Ownership – Midland Heart with benefit of transcript
The earlier post on this shared ownership possession case, Richardson v Midland Heart Ltd, (November 2007 Birmingham) attracted a lot of comment, some of it excitable and ill-informed (and much of that from me). Nearly Legal now has a copy of the...
On the Naughty Step
Or an RSL behaving badly, again. And this time it's personal... 21 Press House, Press Road LON/00AE/LSC/2007/0292 [pdf], an LVT decision. The landlord, Stadium Housing Association, were facing an application over hefty service charges made on an...
Harvey v Bamforth – now with the benefit of a transcript
Harvey v Bamforth 8PA13344, HHJ Bullimore, Sheffield County Court, 8 Aug 2008 When we first commented on this case (here) we provoked quite a response. Thanks to to Mr Jones of Bury Walkers (who acted for Ms Harvey) we have now been provied with a...
A shameless plug: HLPA Conference 10 Dec 2008
The Housing Law Practitioners' Association annual conference is being held on the 10th December 2008 at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Those of you who subscribe to Legal Action should already have had your application forms,...
Views and news from Hlpa meeting
The Hlpa meeting tonight (17/9/08) was a particularly interesting one, on the topic of disrepair. Talks were from Mel Cairns, Andrew Brookes of Anthony Gold and Marina Sergides of Garden Court. Among the end of meeting news items were: The current...