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The mass letter on misrepresentation of trespass will be going out this morning (Monday 26 Sept). The letter will be sent to all the major newspapers, and BBC and ITN news, probably before you read this. The Guardian has what I think is a good article on the...
Haringey LBC v Theobald. Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court 7 April 2011 Hat tip to September's Legal Action 'Recent Developments in Housing Law' for this County Court case, and Daniel Fitzpatrick at Hodge Jones & Allen. Not a very significant case...
Garside and another v RFYC Ltd and another [2011] UKUT 367 (LC) By s.19(1)(a), Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, leaseholders are only liable to pay service charges to the extent that they are reasonably incurred. The property in question has something of an...
Westbrook Dolphin Square Ltd v Friends Provident Life and Pensions Ltd [2011] EWHC 2302 (Ch) This is probably one of the most factually complicated collective enfranchisement cases imaginable. In outline, as you know, qualifying tenants of flats have the...
Gateway Property Holdings Ltd v 6-10 Montrose Gardens RTM Co Ltd [2011] UKUT 349 (LC) is a rare creature - a decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) on a Right to Manage issue. It also appears to be the UT(LC) debut for HHJ Walden-Smith. As you'll...
Things have moved on about the idea of a letter from housing lawyers. A letter has been prepared for housing lawyers and law academics to sign and arrangements are under way for getting it publicity. I'm sending the text of the letter to everyone who...
Some bits and pieces from the last week that didn't quite fit in elsewhere. First - developments in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. At the committee stage a large number of amendments were tabled, both by the Government and by the...
Helden v Strathmore [2011] EWCA Civ 542 contains lots of useful footnotes and pointers on different issues, so it's worth a read. In this note, I'm going to focus on two such footnotes, which have a bearing on issues with which it's fair to say make me...
Two, quite distinct, bodies have put out some free guides. The DCLG have released some booklets aimed at private landlords and tenants, giving guidance on requirements and best practice: Top Tips for Tenants: Assured Shorthold Tenancies Top Tips for...
I promised to write the second of these case reports a week ago. Mea culpa. Still, by delaying, I've managed to find two other cases to include. So, without further ado... Ayres and others v Roberts and others In All's Well That Ends Well (Act.1, Scene 1),...
I'm afraid that this is beyond parody, but couldn't go unremarked. Anyway, it is a quiet time for judgments. Today the National Housing Federation took the view that housing provision in the UK, or England at least, is basically demented, with millions to be...
This, the second post on the riot related possession proposals (the first is here), looks at an article published on the ConservativeHome website by Jake Berry MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Grant Shapps, and Tory MP for the gritty urban constituency...