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Section 23 Care Act and a need for accommodation
Campbell, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Ealing (2024) EWCA Civ 540 This was an appeal from a judicial review of Ealing's decision in May 2022 to end funding for Mr Campbell's temporary bed and breakfast accommodation that had been...
Job Ad – Southwark
Southwark Law Centre Housing Caseworker/Solicitor Salary range NJC scale SP 28-37 £40,389-£49,071 35 hours per week Part time considered We are seeking to recruit a housing caseworker/solicitor to join our housing team of 10 who are based in our...
Goodbye to all that?
So, a 4 July general election it is. Dissolution of Parliament will be on 30 May 2024. If Sunak hasn't already dissolved. Wash-up - pushing through remaining legislation in the course of going through Parliament, has to be completed by 24 May, when...
Don’t dilly-dally on appeals, and mortgage lender paying service charges.
Santander PLC v Harris (2024) EWHC 351 (KB) A quick note on a sad case. This was an application by Mr Harris for an extension of time to appeal a mortgage possession order of his flat made in favour of Santander, his lender, with a money judgment...
Decisions, decisions (and not automatic ones) – Ending the main housing duty
Bano, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2024) EWHC 654 (Admin) Waltham Forest owed Ms Bano the full housing duty. In June 2020, WF made an offer of a private sector tenancy in Derby. Ms Bano refused the offer as...
Housing conditions quantum – another County Court decision
Well, well. You wait four years then three come along at once. Our thanks to Doughty Street Chambers for their note of a County Court judgment on damages for disrepair and unfitness for human habitation. E v The London Borough of Lambeth...
Service of prescribed documents – deemed or actual?
This is a note of a county court appeal on the issue of whether Section 7 Interpretation Act 1978 applied to the prescribed documents required to be given to the tenant before service of a section 21 notice - EPC, GSC, How to Rent Guide. This...
Not at home alone, but intending to return
Weintraub v London Borough of Hackney (2024) EWHC 845 (Ch) An appeal of the dismissal of a claim for a declaration that Rabbi Weintraub had the right to buy, which was dismissed on the basis that he was not occupying the property as his only or...
Job ads – Suffolk, Coventry/Birmingham, North West Wales
Suffolk Law Centre Housing Solicitor / Legal Aid Supervisor Salary: £30,000 - £37,000 per annum (dependent on experience) Permanent Contract Full Time (37 hours per week) *No Application Deadline – Open-Ended Job Advert* This is an exciting...
Universal Credit, transitional protection and temporary accommodation
Our grateful thanks to Alexa Thompson, a pupil barrister at Garden Court North for this note on an Upper Tribunal benefits appeal which may be of significance for many people when they leave temporary or supported accommodation. Thanks also to Tom...
Council managing its premises is not providing a service for Equality Act 2010 purposes.
FG, R (On the Application Of) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2024) EWHC 780 (Admin) This was a judicial review of RBKC, asserting discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 in RBKC's failure to make physical adaptations to a flat...