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Clicks, pops and nuisance
Tejani v Fitzroy Place Residential Ltd (2022) EWHC 2760 (TCC) This is another in what appears to be becoming a series (see previous post) of very expensive but failed nuisance claims. I will not go into great detail, but there are two lessons to be...
Rent Repayment Orders – Upper Tribunal on calculating amount, again.
Hancher v David & Ors (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDERS - house in multiple occupation - failure to obtain an HMO licence) (2022) UKUT 277 (LC) This was an appeal from an FTT decision to make an rent repayment order in the amount of 100% of the...
Job ad – Merseyside
Shelter Paralegal £27,896 pa pro rata (Part time 30 hours per week) + excellent benefits including 30 days holiday and flexible working Merseyside Closing date: Sunday 20 November 2022 at 11.30pm. We're looking for a results-driven, commercially...
On credibility and penalties
Lowe v Charterhouse (2022) EW Misc 8 (CC) A county court deposit penalty claim judgment, but well worth noting because a) a Circuit Judge decision by HHJ Luba KC, b) there are some broader points in application , and c) well it is quite the case....
Once more unto the breach
Dorrington Residential Ltd v 56 Clifton Gardens Ltd (LANDLORD AND TENANT - BREACH OF COVENANT - tenant's covenant to permit landlord to enter and inspect a residential flat) (2022) UKUT 266 (LC) An appeal to the Upper Tribunal of an FTT decision...
Job Ads – Camden, E & SW London
CAMDEN COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE seeks Caseworker/Solicitor-Violence Against Women and Girls Project Salary- £30,000-£35,000 depending on experience Key duties: This is a new post within the organisation part funded by the London Borough of Camden’...
HMOs, overcrowding standards and reasonableness of accommodation
Rowe v London Borough of Haringey (2022) EWCA Civ 1370 A Court of Appeal decision which has broader significance for considering overcrowding and whether it is reasonable for a homeless applicant to remain in accommodation in an HMO with shared...
Requirements for private sector offers in discharge of duty
Norton v London Borough of Haringey (2022) EWCA Civ 1340 A second appeal from a section 204 appeal of Haringey's decision to discharge homeless duty following a private rented sector offer (PRSO). There were three issues in the appeal. Haringey's...
No cause of action at common law for wrongful eviction.
Brake & Ors v The Chedington Court Estate Ltd (2022) EWCA Civ 1302 The Brake v Axnoller litigation reaches the Court of Appeal again, this time on the unlawful eviction claim concerning the cottage, which the Brakes had lost at first instance....
Job ads – Birmingham, Kilburn, West Yorkshire
Shelter Paralegal £25,159 pa + excellent benefits including 30 days holiday and flexible working Birmingham Closing date: 19th October 2022 at 11.30pm. We're looking for a results-driven, commercially aware individual with a good understanding of...
Understanding the risk of discharge of duty
Our grateful thanks to Angharad Monk of Garden Court (and instructing solicitor Anne Spowart of Morrison Spowart) for this note of judgment in a section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal of Waltham Forest's decision to discharge duty. Mekonen v LB...