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I have no idea what is going on here, but the accelerated possession proceedings claim form - form N5B - has vanished from the gov.uk website and has been missing since at least 17 August 2020 - at least for England, the one for Wales is still...
Awad v Hooley CHI/21UD/HMG/2020/0003 5 August 2020 (link to PDF) This is a First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decision on an application for a Rent Repayment Order (RRO), which unusually deals with the issue of the tenant's rent arrears. Ms...
Our grateful thanks to Jo Underwood of Shelter for spotting this. The N11B Defence form to a section 21 possession claim via form N5B - both released April 2020 - doesn't add up. Quite literally. Question 2 of the N11B asks Do you agree the date,...
In the excitement last Friday about the Rules laid in Parliament introducing PD 55C, I completely overlooked another set of Rules, also laid last Friday. The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020, in force as of 17 July 2020, makes changes...
After the mystery of the Rules laid last Friday, we now had the text of Practice Direction 55C, which will come into effect on 23 August 2020 at the end of the Part 55.29 stay of possession proceedings. The text can be read here. The key elements...
In the evening of Friday 17 July, The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 appeared, having apparently been laid earlier that day. These will come into force on 23 August 2020. What the Rules do is amend the Civil Procedure...
As we have seen before, Shelter have been supporting discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 against letting agents who operate a 'No DSS' policy (meaning a refusal to even consider people claiming housing related benefits - who are often...
Sangha v Amicus Finance Plc (2020) EWHC 1074 (Ch) This was Mr Sangha's appeal of a refusal of his application to set aside a possession order against his property by a lender who had a charge on the property against a bridging loan which was not...
Karimi v Southwark LBC, County Court at Central London, 26 April 2020 (note in July/August 2020 Legal Action - Housing: Recent Developments) Mr Karimi had applied to Southwark as homeless. Southwark found he was not in priority need in a s.184...
Jarvis v Evans & Anor (2020) EWCA Civ 854 The question for the Court of Appeal on this second appeal was does failing to be licensed under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 prevent a landlord from serving any notice seeking possession, or just a...
Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust Limited v Richens (2020) EWHC 685 (Ch) An appeal of judgment in a possession claim where the status of the occupant was in issue. Mr Richens occupied VAHT’s property. The property had been owned by Aylesbury BC, at...
Aster Communities v Chapman & Ors (LANDLORD AND TENANT : SERVICE CHARGES) (2020) UKUT 177 (LC) A quick note on this one. Where a landlord is looking to do works that would cost residential leaseholders more than £250 each under the service...