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Abdullah v Westminster City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1171 Do matrimonial home rights apply where notice to leave to a non-tenant spouse has been given by a joint tenant who is not the spouse? A question raised and answered in this homeless case. This was a...
Williams & Anor v Hinton & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1123 This, and please bear with me here, was an application for leave to appeal a Circuit Judge's trial judgment. It was also an application for an injunction to restrain enforcement of the trial judgment,...
The Upper Tribunal is hearing what might turn out to be quite an important s.20, LTA 1985 dispensation case today (LB Southwark v over 13,000 leaseholders in the borough (our note here) and, as ever, we'll bring it to you as soon as we have news of the...
Jones & Anor v Ruth & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 804 We missed this one when it came out in July 2011. Not sure why - sorry. This was an appeal of a claim in nuisance, trespass, harassment and personal injury. The claim arose out of building works on an...
We have previously covered the changes to housing benefit (HB) introduced by the Con-Dems and the DCLG's concerns over them as well as those of certain London boroughs. In truth, nobody really quite knows what the "impact" of those changes will be, but we...
Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council [2011] EWHC 2542 (QB) (subnom oh dear, oh dear) Forgive the length of this note, but this seems to be a significant case with potentially far-reaching ramifications. The judgment of Cranston J (in my view) is...
Quigley v Masterson [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch) raises an interesting point about the severance of a beneficial joint tenancy. The background is sadly familiar. The late Mr Pilkington formed a relationship with Mrs Masterson. They lived together in a house as...
I have had a question from the editor of the Small Places blog, which is a very fine blog on human rights and community care, with attention to Court of Protection matters. I think it is a question which might benefit from the assembled housing law mavens...
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) appears to have had a sudden burst of efficiency, churning out judgments at over one a week. It wasn't that long ago that I can remember one a month being considered an efficient turn over. The reason, it appears, is that...
Levitt and Levitt v LB Camden [2011] UKUT 366 (LC) The Brunswick Centre is a well-known mixed residential and commercial development in London. There are almost 400 flats atop perhaps 30 or so commercial units. The flats are (for the most part) heated by a...
Windsor and District Housing Association v Hewitt [2011] EWCA Civ 1096 (Not on Bailii or elsewhere. We've seen a transcript). It is of interest not least for the Court of Appeal's view of the meaning of the funding limitations on a Public Funding...
The number of letters published in The Guardian on the topic of the law on squatting has now reached two and can therefore be fairly described as an “exchange”.We have already noted Mike Weatherley MP’s letter to The Guardian and I urge you all to read that...