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ASB and disqualification from the housing register
Willott, R (On the Application Of) v Eastbourne Borough Council (2024) EWHC 113 (Admin) A judicial review of Eastbourne's allocation policy and of Eastbourne's decision to exclude Ms Willott from joining the housing register on grounds of 'serious...
Job ads – national, London, Lambeth
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A lack of candour over a lack of discretion
Montano, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (2024) EWHC 249 (Admin) A short note on this judicial review. Ms M had requested that Lambeth exercise a discretion to back date her entry on the housing register (for greater priority)...
Intentional homelessness from a half way house
Kyle v Coventry City Council (2023) EWCA Civ 1360 Yes, I am very late with this one. I've found a browser tab group I must have accidentally closed at some point.... Mr K was homeless and addicted to class A drugs. During the relevant period for...
Job ads – Harrow and Leeds
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Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5*
It takes a special kind of person who, faced with the multifaceted horrors of our disfunctional housing system, decides that what is really needed is to make it harder for some people to access social housing and to create new grounds or...
Job Ad – Suffolk
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The HMO that wasn’t – Rent Repayment Order appeal
Barker v Shokar (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - criteria for identifying a 'self-contained flat' - whether building was a house in multiple occupation - adequacy of reasons) (2024) UKUT 17 (LC) This was a landlord's appeal of a rent repayment...
Job ad – Bradford
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Housing and Children Act – homeless 17 year olds
A couple of brief notes on two judicial reviews on housing, the Children Act 1989 and 'looked-after children'. BC, R (On the Application Of) v Surrey County Council (2023) EWHC 3209 (Admin) BC was a child who had been asked to leave the family home...
Job ads – Manchester and Bristol
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