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The UKSC judgment in Birmingham CC v Frisby, Leeds CC v Hall, Hounslow LBC v Powell is due on Wednesday 23 February (court Room 1 at 9.45). The background in the CA and the foreground (Pinnock) have been discussed in previous posts (here and here) to whet...
Vicky Pollard continues the Chief's west country theme, albeit somewhat stretched, to demonstrate the Con-Dem approach to consultation about their affordable rent tenancy regime (ie what consultation?). We now have more detail courtesy of the HCA and a...
Zafar v Goddard, Bristol County Court, 13 December 2010 Word reaches us from the West Country of a not uninteresting case heard in Bristol County Court before Christmas. Although we haven’t seen a transcript, we have been provide with an unapproved note of...
Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 6 As if to confirm that housing law is, well, complicated, there is a coda to the Supreme Court decision in Manchester City Council v Pinnock, which has led to a supplementary judgment being handed down. This...
R (FZ) v LB Croydon [2011] EWCA Civ 59 -or- Not In My Admin Court We have written before about age assessments for those who might be under 18 - see most recently our post on R (CJ) v Cardiff CC and, prior to that, our post on the Supreme Court decision in R...
Strydom v Fowler. Brentford County Court 24 November 2010 A County Court case involving possession, unlawful eviction, trespass and Housing Act 1988 s27 and s28. Our thanks (as ever) to the Legal Action 'Recent Developments in Housing Law' for this one. Mr F...
In More Effective Respopnses to Anti-Social Behaviour the Government sets out its plans for reforms of the ASBO and other associated remedies. In brief, the government thinks that: (a) there are too many tools for dealing with ASB and practitioners tend to...
We noted round 1 of Cala Homes (South) Ltd v Secretary of State back in November (see our note here) in which the High Court found that Mr Pickles could not abolish Regional Strategies (e.g. "the south-west plan" governing the approach to, say, new-build...
Fineland Investments Ltd v Janice Vivien Pritchard [2011] EWHC 113 (Ch) From Lawtel. Not on BAILII yet. This is a slightly sad tale involving the exercise of right to buy by a council tenant. Ms Pritchard had entered into an agreement with Fineland whereby...
Two cases on a similar issue to report, one in the High Court and one in the Court of Appeal. Both concerned Section 202 Housing Act 1996 reviews and both dealt with issues of the notification of the review decision. The cases are not available on bailii...
Gemma Shepley v Majid Yassen, Tameside County Court, Thursday 13th January 2011 (Unreported) The above case on the, increasingly litigated, tenancy deposit protection provisions was brought to our attention and is of particular interest as it specifically...
Nzamy v Brent London Borough Council Court of Appeal, January 26, 2011 [Arden eflash 420. Not on Bailii yet, but we've seen a transcript of the extempore judgment] The appellant and family were in permanent accomodation provided by Brent following a previous...