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Ivory, R (On the Application Of) v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 21 A second appeal to the Court of Appeal from a judicial review of Welwyn Hatfield's rejection of a homelessness application by Ms Ivory, on the basis that it was based on...
Roberts v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2025) EWHC 51 (Admin) A quick note on this judicial review of DWP policies on implementing 'diversionary' payments (direct payments of rent element of Universal Credit to landlords) and 'recoupment'...
D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor (2025) EWCA Civ 11 (Not on Bailii yet, a copy of the judgment is here.) We saw this case in the County Court. This is the Court of Appeal judgment. The central issue was whether service by post of a gas safety certificate, EPC and...
A pile of case notes that I've managed to do in the Betwixtmas/Merrineum, hopefully clearing the decks for the new year. It includes right to buy and the intention to return, FTT jurisdiction on rent increases, a council's unlawful interpretation of an...
Ferko v Ealing Magistrates Court & Ors (2024) EWHC 2592 (Admin) This was an appeal by case stated to the High Court from a decision of Ealing Magistrates Court on a statutory nuisance/section 82 Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution. It is also a...
Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall. Bristol County Court. 10 July 2024 (Unreported. A copy of the judgment is here.) This was a County Court appeal from a first instance decision by a District Judge that the Court did not have jurisdiction under...
Howe v Brent London Borough Council (2024) EWCA Civ 1444 Just a quick note on this Court of Appeal judgment on whether a family member (B) of a secure tenant with a right to buy their home (A) is able to exercise a shared right to buy if A, whose right is...
Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan (2024) EWCA Civ 1457 The Court of Appeal on the status of a fee related to a tenancy taken before the Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and the impact on the validity of a section 21 notice. Ms Switaj had...
Various bits of interest... On 21 November, the Housing Minister Matt Pennycook released a written statement on the Government's plans on Leasehold and Commonhold reform, with an outline timetable. Points to note are that regulations implementing key parts...
Idara v Southwark LBC (2024) EWHC (KB) (unreported as yet) Thanks to 4-5 Grays Inn Square for their note of the case. This was an appeal to the High Court of the County Court's refusal to give permission for an out of time section 204 appeal. Southwark had...
Our very grateful thanks to our Wales contributor, Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre, for the following excellent post on Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) - a very significant decision indeed for landlords in Wales. (This...
A couple of quick notes For landlords in Wales, Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) is potentially a very big deal indeed. We will have a detailed note done before long, but in short, a two Judge High Court held that where...