Bromford Housing Association Ltd v Nightingale (2020) EWHC 2648 (QB) An application for relief from sanctions by the defendant to file a late witness statement by a homeless officer in a possession claim was rightly refused by the first instance...
The Mayor & Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames v Moss (2020) EWCA Civ 1381 This was RB Kingston upon Thames' appeal of the High Court's finding that it was a 'water reseller' under the Water Resale Orders 2001 and 2006, and...
Keshwala & Anor v Bhalsod & Anor (2020) EWHC 2372 (QB) An appeal from a Circuit Judge's decision refusing relief from forfeiture, focussing on the issue of delay in making the application for relief. This was a commercial lease, though with...
Ruby Triangle Properties Ltd v Jesus Sanctuary Ministries Ltd (2020) EWHC 2247 (Ch) An unlawful eviction case, but not a residential one. A note because it is an interesting case of a badly behaved property developers, a church an a question over...
Tiemo, R (on the application of) v Lambeth London Borough Council (2020) EWHC 1193 (Admin) A interim judicial review decision from May, but judgment just out. The issue was the suitability of temporary accommodation under section 188 Housing Act...
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...
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...
TFS Stores Ltd v The Designer Retail Outlet Centres (Mansfield) General Partner Ltd & Ors (2020) EWCA Civ 833 (02 July 2020) Another Court of Appeal challenge to the PD 51Z stay (and, by extension, the CPR 55.29 stay) this time brought to you...
Escott, R (On the application of) v Chichester District Council (2020) EWHC 1687 (Admin) A judicial review where the relevant parts played out in the early stages of the pandemic lockdown, and where the central question was whether self contained...
Mitchell, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Islington (2020) EWHC 1478 (Admin) Where a local authority has an initial s.188 Housing Act 1996 duty to provide interim accommodation, but then makes a s.184 decision that the applicant is...
Gil v London Borough of Camden (2020) EWHC 735 (QB) This was an application for permission to appeal the dismissal of a s.204 appeal for being out of time. (It was either one or two days out of time, depending). The application was dismissed...
Idolo, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Bromley (2020) EWHC 860 (Admin) I'm a bit late to this one (ironically, as it turns out), it has been an open browser tab for ages, sorry. It is a judicial review on the overlap of Care Act 2014...