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Belated, I know, but this is the first chance I have had to really look at the judgment in Weaver (R) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin). Ground 8 and Legitimate Expectation First the substantive ground of challenge -...
I'm afraid that detailed comments on Weaver and Malcolm, let alone anything else will have to wait until the weekend, just in case anyone was looking for them. Actual and very urgent casework has intervened, involving quite the most ridiculous...
LB Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43 Court of Appeal thoroughly and unanimously overturned. The reason for the treatment is the reason in the mind of the landlord, or one which can be imputed to them. So the landlord must be aware or be imputed to...
Before I even have time to get to grips with Weaver, the House of Lords judgment in Malcolm v Lewisham is out. No time even for a quick look now. Hopefully I'll get to post something later on.
Judgment just out Weaver (R) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin) Full notes tomorrow, but the headline is: L&Q is a public authority in its housing function for the purposes of Judicial Review. Use of ground 8...
I managed to miss an anniversary, a bit like my own birthdays these days. Nearly Legal was two years old on the first of June. Two years! That is positively middle aged in internet years, fittingly making the blog roughly as old as I am. It has...
The world domination plan is on schedule as another housing law blog starts up... A warm welcome to 'The snail in that legal bottle', by Ethan, a 'housing sector legal person'. Unfortunately, by way of greeting I popped over late last night and...
By an unexpected route, the following landed in my inbox. I haven't heard anything about this, nor had some friends in Criminal so this may be news. What is clear is that the Legal Services Commission are seeking to introduce competence assessments...
London Borough of Lambeth v Johnston [2008] EWCA Civ 690 is an appeal to the Court of Appeal from a County Court s.204 appeal. The brief facts - the Claimant applied to Lambeth as homeless in September 2004. He told the officer he had an alcohol...
I have ignored this question, then I have mocked it. But dammit, the google searches for 'what is Anor in legal terms', or variants thereof, keep flooding in. They are now up to about 15 or more a week. So I give in. Clearly absolutely nobody is...
C, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2008] EWHC 1230 (Admin) is, in the end, mainly concerned with education, but there is quite a bit of interest to housing people. The issue was the duties owed to the Claimant under s.23 and...
Hanoman v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 624 Where a local authority landlord has failed to respond to a tenant's notice in time under the Right to Buy procedure, the tenant can serve an 'operative notice of delay' under s.153A(5)...