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Sanghera v Osagiede & Osagiede. Dartford County Court. 23 November 2023. (Unreported elsewhere. We were sent a copy of the judgment, which is here.) This was a County Court appeal to a Circuit Judge of a possession order made by a Deputy District Judge....
Our grateful thanks to Miranda Grell of Staple Inn Chambers for this report of a section 204A appeal of a refusal to provide accommodation pending appeal, including counsel's unapproved note of the ex tempore judgment. The refusal decison was quashed and,...
It has been a while, but today felt like the right time to revive the tradition of the NL Naughty Step, prompted by a First Tier Tribunal decision on a rent repayment order application. This is the decision, Jupet, Dupau & Maschka v Jonathan Krogdahl...
Our grateful thanks to Daniel Grütters of One Pump Court Chambers for this note of a Section 204 appeal of a review decision that it was reasonable for appellant to continue to occupy her accommodation, so she was not homeless. The key issue is the always...
Our grateful thanks to Frank Bowmaker, pupil barrister at One Pump Court Chambers, for the following note of a section 204 appeal of a suitability review decision, on the issue of documents missing from the housing file, and the review not dealing with...
I am more than a little furious. We live in times when far right agitators are stirring up physical violence, and people are getting sucked into internet rabbit holes of conspiracist thinking and outright lies. But, if you wanted to check the facts about...
R (ex parte AIN) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets. High Court (Admin) 29 April 2025 (Unreported elsewhere. We have a full note of judgment (unapproved) from the claimant's solicitors, Osbornes Law, for which we are grateful). It is interesting in its...
More notes on cases and matters from before, during and after my holiday, in a frantic attempt to get up to date. More to come... The draft Awaab's Law regulations - The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025 - have...
The holiday was lovely, thank you. A couple of degrees hotter than the UK, but with a) the sea 45 seconds from my bed, and b) air conditioned rooms. But it left quite a lot to catch up on of previous backlog and 'while away' things - so, a first instalment...
“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” ― Sun Tzu The other day, this brief article was brought to my attention (full version for subscribers only and I'm not a subscriber). The article said that Sasha Charles of...
In a written announcement today - 25 June 2025 - the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has laid out the implementation of ‘phase 1’ of Awaab’s Law, with regulations being laid today. These will take effect on 1 27 October 2025....
Various brief notes on assorted cases, including RROs, trespass and unlawful eviction for a licensee, and nuisance by football. Oh and use of make-up artists by a party... Pearton v Betterton Duplex Ltd (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - rent paid before the...