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Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Khan (2022) EWCA Civ 831 A Court of Appeal judgment on whether a freeholder, LB Tower Hamlets, was entitled to contractual legal costs under the lease, following a money claim for unpaid...
This judicial review of R(TRX) v Network Homes (2022) EWHC 456 (Admin) CO/3538/2021 is a useful restatement of the principles which apply in determining when decisions of Private Registered Providers of social housing (Housing Associations) can be...
Brem v Murray & Marchant (2022) EWHC 1479 (QB) An appeal judgment from a first instance judgment on a claim for unlawful eviction, which deals with the landlord's liability for the unlawful eviction that had taken place. Mr Brem ran a...
Z2K Senior Caseworker We are seeking a proactive individual with a keen interest in social welfare law and access to justice. You will have at least three years’ experience delivering specialist welfare benefits advice, an understanding of...
Still lots of cases and other things to write up, now including an appeal decision on liability for unlawful eviction damages by an intermediate landlord where the superior landlord illegally evicted the sub-tenant, and tomorrow (or today,...
Our grateful thanks to Daniel Grütters of One Pump Court for this note of a recent section 204 appeal judgment on Westminster City Council's performance (or lack thereof) of the s.189B Housing Act 1996 duty (the 'help to secure' or relief duty). Mr...
Anthony Gold Solicitors Paralegal - Property Disputes 14 month fixed term About Anthony Gold Solicitors: We are a multi-specialist firm of solicitors with 3 offices in South London. We have a national reputation in niche areas and are in the top...
Milton Laines Roman (R OAO) v London Borough of Southwark (2022) EWHC 1232 (Admin) This was a judicial review of LB Southwark's refusal to place the claimant in Band 1 of its Allocation Scheme, on the basis that the claimant's current overcrowding...
Moss & Co Hackney Social Housing solicitor 1-5 years pqe We have a vacancy for a full-time housing solicitor in our busy social housing department. We have a varied and interesting practice. The successful candidate must be able to take over...
A couple of fire safety updates of relevance to leaseholders. The Fire Safety Act 2021 sections 1 and 3 came into force on 12 May 2022. The FSA amended the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in order to make it clear that the duties under...
Kalonga, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Croydon (2022) EWCA Civ 670 The Court of Appeal was faced with the question of whether a local authority had the power to extend time for a flexible tenant to request a review of the...
Lees v Kaye (2022) EWHC 1151 (QB) This is another judgment on the operation of the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England & Wales) Regulations 2020. (The first was part of the Brake v...