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Rasool v Paddington Company One Ltd (2021) EWHC 3633 (QB) A combined hearing of a return date on an ex parte interim junction for re-entry, and a claim for possession by the property owner against a trespasser. A somewhat unusual combination, you might...
As I stagger towards writing up some case law at the weekend, some notes on things that have happened. The Solicitors Regulation Authority published a Guidance note - "Advising on leasehold provisions including ground rent clauses". This covers a lot of the...
Paley v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2022) EWCA Civ 112 This was a second appeal to the Court of Appeal on the issue of whether Waltham Forest had taken to correct approach to assessing the affordability of an offer of a private tenancy in Stoke on...
Golding v Martin (2022) EW Misc 2 (CC) We first saw this forfeiture case when it went to the Court of Appeal (our note). Briefly, Ms Martin had bought a leasehold flat, and indeed extended the lease. In 2003, she went to live in Majorca. She left no...
Northwood (Solihull) Ltd v Fearn & Ors (2022) EWCA Civ 40 This was a second appeal on the issue of the signing of tenancy deposit prescribed information certificates and section 8 notices by company landlords. The first appeal (our note here) had held...
In this case, Fordham J scrutinised the nature of "Everyone In" and analysed whether it was a "policy", such as to impose public law duties on the Secretary of State on its curtailment. The judgment (2022) EWHC 85 (Admin) contains a detailed discussion of...
A couple of Upper Tribunal appeal decisions on rent repayment order cases. Kaszowska & Ors v White (HOUSING - RENT PAYMENT - whether a rent repayment order may be made against a director of a company landlord) (2022) UKUT 11 (LC) We saw the FTT decision...
Rosebery Housing Association Ltd v Williams & Anor (2021) EW Misc 22 (CC) Our grateful thanks to Marie Paris of Doughty Street Chambers for the following note of this County Court judgment. Applications for injunctions under Part 1 of ASBCPA 2014 seem to...
FirstPort Property Services Ltd v Settlers Court RTM Co Ltd [2022] UKSC 1 is a big deal in the world of residential leasehold property disputes. Whilst I can't say that the result is particuarly surprising, I imagine it has sent lawyers, RTM company...
There were a few announcements today and a Supreme Court decision. By far the biggest one, if you live in or are a landlord, or indeed a housing lawyer, in Wales is that the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 will be implemented (come into force) on 15 July...
Today (Monday) was Michael Gove's big day. Not the getting stuck in a lift at Broadcasting House for half an hour, but the announcement of his plans to tackle the Building Safety Crisis. There was a distinct change in rhetoric - with developers and...
Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd v TM (2021) EWCA Civ 1890 We saw in Taylor v Slough Borough Council (2020) EWHC 3520 (Ch) (our note) that in possession claims where a defence of breach of public sector equality duty was raised, the courts would be prepared to...