Mann v Martin (2024) EW Misc 23 (CC) Standalone section 4 Defective Premises Act 1972 cases are quite unusual. It is more common as an additional/secondary head in a disrepair claim, but this county court case is such a relatively rare beast. Ms...
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Jurisdiction of the FTT on referrals of rent increases.
A couple of cases, one Upper Tribunal, one Court of Appeal, both concerned with the Tribunal's jurisdiction on proposed rent increases in assured and assured shorthold tenancies. The Court of Appeal one we are very late on reporting - somehow it...
Jobs ads – Yorkshire, Oxford/Reading
Yorkshire Legal Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor / Caseworker / Paralegal At Yorkshire Legal we are looking for a Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor / Caseworker / Paralegal to join our team. Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire / York,...
Look what you made me do. (s.21 version)
I had hoped I'd get away with it. That the section 21 validity flowchart could just sit there and await the end of section 21. But then, I've been hoping that since 2019, when the end of section 21 was a manifesto promise, and I've had to update it...
Too soon? Prescribed information before a deposit taken
Siddeeq v Alaian. K00BF465 County Court at Mayor's and City of London County Court. HHJ Hellman. 9 August 2024 (unreported). A County Court Circuit Judge appeal from a possession claim at Brentford County Court, on the validity of a section 21...
Suitable accommodation under section 190 Housing Act 1996
ZRR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Bexley (2024) EWHC 2073 (Admin) This was a judicial review of Bexley's contention that temporary accommodation offered to ZRR under s.190 Housing Act 1996 was suitable and its duty was discharged...
Job ads – Lambeth, Euston
Centre 70 Housing Caseworker Centre 70 is a successful Legal and Counselling and Wellbeing centre, established in 1970. We offer a range of specialist advice, counselling and wellbeing support to people in Lambeth and surrounding areas at our...
It’s not me, it’s you – breaking up with Twitter
Please forgive the personal note, but in many ways the @NearlyLegal twitter account (yes, I know it was renamed X, but it is twitter) has been an integral part of this site and its growth. So I feel this should be marked here. After 16 years (dear...
Housing Need Assessments and Suitability – Getting it wrong. Again.
UO v London Borough of Redbridge (2024) EWHC 1989 (Admin) We first saw UO and Redbridge in this judicial review of an unlawful housing needs assessment (HNA) and suitability decision. That decision was, to say the least, scathing about Redbridge's...
Job Ads – Yorkshire, Camden.
Yorkshire Legal Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor / Caseworker At Yorkshire Legal we are looking for a Housing Solicitor / Housing Supervisor Caseworker to join our team. Location: Bradford / York / Remote Job Type: Full-Time – 37 hours per...
Miscellaneous – legal costs under leases, Tribunal appointed managers and the BSA, and estopping a van Hoogstraten
Thanet Lodge (Mapesbury Road) & Anor v Mirchandani (LANDLORD AND TENANT - SERVICE CHARGES - recovery of legal and mediation expenses as service charges) (2024) UKUT 205 (LC) This was an appeal on a leaseholder's challenge to the payability of...
Job ads – Various regions, Camden/Newham
Lawstop Lawstop is a specialist firm of solicitors with offices in London, Brighton, Nottingham, Cornwall, Somerset, Hull, the Wirral, Sandwell, Leicestershire, and Rutland. We are recruiting an experienced Housing Solicitor to join to join our...