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Prempeh v Lakhany (2020) EWCA Civ 1422 We saw this case on a first appeal in the County Court. The issue was whether a section 8 notice on rent arrears grounds, in this instance grounds 8, 10 and 11, is a 'demand for rent' for the purposes of section 47...
Gateway Housing Association v Personal Representatives of Ali & Anor (2020) EWCA Civ 1339 In which the Court of Appeal grapple with the requirement to serve a copy of a notice to quit on the Public Trustee, when serving notice on the personal...
Look, I have to be honest, this is getting silly now. On evictions during the now commenced lockdown, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, has once again written a letter to the High Court Enforcement Officers Association (and one has to presume written...
Chan v Bilkhu & Anor (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - amount awarded) (2020) UKUT 289 (LC) This was an appeal from an FTT rent repayment order decision. The FTT decision was made before the Upper Tribunal decision in Vadamalayan v Stewart and others...
Via the High Court Enforcement Officers Association, comes sight of a letter from the Lord Chancellor to the HCEOA requesting that no evictions are carried out: a) where Tier 2 or Tier 3 restrictions are in place, and b) during the 11 December 2020 to 11...
We are once again very grateful to Mike Norman (now of Harrow Law Centre) for the following guest post updating the position on possession claims and notice periods in Wales. Keeping up with England has been more than enough for me... A careful observer...
In a moment of madness, I decided to try doing videos on individual problems in housing law. For the first, and quite possibly last, this is my view on a concern that appears to be doing the rounds that the courts will require 6 months notice on section 21...
There is now a deluge of new materials ahead of Monday 21 September restarting of possession proceedings. All out today are: The Master of the Rolls published version of the 'Overall Arrangements for possession proceedings in England and Wales', which,...
Some things that emerged today, ahead of the resumption of possession claims on Monday 21 September. Gov.uk now has a "Reactivation Notice" form (one for claimants, one for defendants). Note this is not a statutory or prescribed form. There is no set format...
There was some Friday afternoon goings on on possession claims after all. There are new accelerated possession claim forms on Gov.uk, added on 11 September 2020. New claim form N5B (for England) New defence form N11B (for England) The N5B has been missing...
As we appear to have gone at least a week with no new law emerging that affects section 21, I have taken the risk of updating the s.21 validity flowchart. It now includes: All the various valid notice periods. Tenant Fees Act effects after 1 June 2020...
A couple of bits to be filled out later on. Item 1. Shelter and Tessa Buchanan of Garden Court acted for a disabled applicant tenant, Stephen Tyler, in a 'No DSS' discrimination claim against letting agents Paul Carr. The claim went to full trial at...