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Taylor Clark Ltd v Mohamed (unreported, Central London County Court, 5 March 2026) (note of case here via Falcon Chambers) This was a count court hearing, before DJ Le Bas, in which the issue of injunctions to permit the landlord to force access to the...
Here is a recent housing conditions case that actually reached trial. A rent arrears possession claim with a disrepair counterclaim. N'Guessan & Anor v Bewry (2026) EWCC 9. I'm not entirely clear why this was given to Bailli, though I suspect there may...
122 Widdenham Road, London N7 9SQ, LON/00AU/HMF/2025/0753. (Copy of Decision) This was a final decision in a rent repayment order application brought by (some of) the tenants of 122 Widdenham Road against the landlord, Mr Semelo-Shaw, for a failure to...
Our grateful thanks to Radhika Shah of Harrow Law Centre for this note of a judgment in an unlawful eviction case, with a substantial damages award. Zeinab Al Khafaji -v- Mr Dixit Shah – Claim no. K01W1476. 29 January 2026 The Claimant was the sole assured...
Phillips & Anor v Garraway (2026) EWCA Civ 55 This is a curious second appeal of a possession order. It was the tenant's appeal, as the first appeal had upheld the possession order. The background is that Mr & Mrs Phillips had granted Ms Garraway a...
El-Mouka v (1) Ramsy Property Ltd (2) Home Connect Ltd. Romford County Court, 8th August 2025 (note of judgment here) This was a County Court appeal against a possession order and a refusal to stay eviction on a private tenancy. It is a rarity because it...
A couple of case notes on County Court judgments, on validity of a s.21 notice, and on whether an introductory tenancy ceased to be so because of an administrative snafu in the filing of an appeal. Regency Property Management (UK) Ltd v Aleksandrowicz &...
Catching up - housing conditions and illegal evictions Ferko v Kumar & Kumar. Ealing Magistrates Court. 15 July 2025 This was the sentencing hearing in an Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution that we previously saw in on appeal in the High...
As we head into some time off (and a chance to rest my RSI) I bring you a couple of tidings, not necessarily of comfort and joy, of things for the new year. And a bit of a gift for Christmas. After Christmas, I'll see about some of the backlog of reports. In...
With the introduction of of the new grounds of possession looming - 1 May 2026 - we are very pleased to bring you as a seasonal gift this guest post by Nick Bano, barrister, and Jamie McGowan, pupil, of Garden Court Chambers, helpfully looking at the routes...
I have a huge backlog of cases to write up, but for various reasons, currently have neither the time nor the energy to do so (gestures at life generally). So I am very grateful to Georgie Rea of Garden Court Chambers for the following note of a Circuit Judge...
No, this is nothing to do with 30 April or 31 July 2026... Paragon Asra Housing v Rainford, County Court at Leicester, 25 October 2025 (copy of Judgment here) This was a County Court appeal of a first instance possession order on the basis of a section 21...