The Queen on the Application of Fokou v London Borough of Southwark (2022) EWHC 1452 (Admin) (not on Bailii, judgment on Westlaw) THis was an application for interim relief in judicial review proceedings regarding suitability of accommodation and...
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Job ads – London
University of London Housing Advisor Job reference: 002107 Location: London Senate House Closing date: 04/09/2022 Salary: Starting from £33,418 per annum Employment type: Open ended Department: University of London Housing Service Sub-Department:...
Solicitors’ agents and rights of audience – appeal decision
[Updated 8 August 2022 to correct re LPC being on the record as party's solicitor and significance of this.] This is an issue that has come up here a few times (eg this post and this post) - the rights of audience of people who do not have a right...
Job Ad – Luton
Luton Law Centre Post: Housing Caseworker/Solicitor Salary: £25,000 to £32,000 p.a (FTE) Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week (job share welcome) Luton Law Centre is seeking to recruit an experienced Housing Caseworker/Solicitor to join our small...
Assorted notes: joint tenancies, RROs – rent arrears and late evidence, and disrepair damages periods
Pile v Pile (2022) EWHC 2036 (Ch) The High Court confirms that Procter v Procter (2022) EWHC 1202 (Ch) is authority for the proposition that it is not a breach of trust for one joint tenant to give notice to quit on the joint tenancy, even where...
Homelessness updates
Abdikadir v London Borough of Ealing (2022) EWCA Civ 979 Where an offer of out of borough accommodation had been made and refused, and a discharge of duty upheld on review, did the council's failure to notify the other council under section 208(2)...
Rent Repayment Orders in the Upper Tribunal
A few Upper Tribunal appeals on rent repayment orders, in particular on the level of award, conduct and mitigating factors. Aytan & Ors v Moore & Ors (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER) (2022) UKUT 27 (LC) We're late to this one from January...
Job ad – Milton Keynes
BLACKBIRD SOLICITORS LTD Name: Housing Solicitor (Consultant and Permanent) Job Description: Housing, Debt & Welfare benefit Solicitor Reports to: Head of Housing Department Reported to by: All Staff Main Purpose: To undertake casework...
Rabbit holes to fall down
In case you are in need of distraction from the heat/the tory leadership contest/getting your first, second or third bout of covid/the general state of all things, may I present a small collection of judgments at which to rubberneck. None seem...
Affordability and intentional homelessness – assessments and guidance
Baptie v The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames (2022) EWCA Civ 888 This was a second appeal, brought by RBKT from a s.204 appeal that had overturned their decision that Ms Baptie was intentionally homeless from a housing association property...
Job ads. Hundreds of them (well, five).
Shelter Solicitor £39,139 per annum plus excellent benefits Sheffield or Norwich Closing date: 24 July 2022 at 11.30pm Do you have the legal knowledge it takes to deliver strategic change through legal challenge to improve services for the homeless...
U definitely can’t do this.
Hammad & Hammad v Paolini. County Court at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch. 27 June 2022 (We've seen a note of judgment) Yes, even while large chunks of the government resign and (as of this point in the evening of 5 July, it looks likely that...