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Obrey v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWCA Civ 1584 concerns an appeal against an Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) decision which set aside the findings of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) that Reg....
If a tenant on a statutory periodic tenancy stops living in the property, but the tenancy is not ended, who is liable for the Council Tax? CT v Horsham District Council (HB) [2013] UKUT 617 (AAC) This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal from the benefits...
Viackiene v Tower Hamlets LBC (2013) CA (Civ Div) 11/12/2013 [Not on Bailii, note on Lawtel, not seen full transcript] Ms V was the joint tenant of a private property under an assured short hold tenancy. The other tenant was J. Both were jointly and...
One of the oddest (and probably most expensive) trespass cases we have reported (see here for the first Court of Appeal report) has ended up back in the Court of Appeal yet again. Eaton Mansions (Westminster) Ltd v Stinger Compania De Inversion S.A. [2013]...
I have been told that there must be an end of year round up for the blog. But, before I get to the figures, here is a soundtrack. NL, it has to be said, seems to be prospering in bad times (not that we make any money from it, not at all. The reverse in...
'Withdrawal' of proceedings - we've been here before, with Spicer v Tuli, but this time, the purported withdrawal was in an appeal of an improvement notice to the Residential Property Tribunal. The appeal to the Upper Tribunal arose out of that. Simon v...
Watson v Simpson Croydon County Court 4 October 2012 Not a stunningly important appeal to a Circuit Judge, this one, but a useful case to be able to wave around on costs. Ms Simpson was a private AST tenant of Mr Watson, whose tenancy had become a statutory...
MacGregor v B M Samuels Finance Group Ltd [2013] UKUT 471 (LC) was, I'm afraid, handed down over two months ago. Such is the state of the NL backlog that I'm only getting to it now. Sorry about that. As those of you who could not wait must have already...
I've been really slow to write this up, for which many apologies, but I have just got bogged down in other things. The benefit cap JR got lost amongst that other stuff partly because it was almost predictable after MA that the Divisional Court would find a...
This one has been sitting in my draft collection for a while, but, as Christmas fades towards the new year, it finally got done. For the leaseholders in this particular appeal, it was, however, distinctly short of glad tidings. Gavin & Anor v Community...
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a post on adverse possession so here is Smart v London Borough of Lambeth [2013] EWCA Civ 1375……..(*struggles to find Christmas link*). An oddity in this case is that Mr Smart, who was claiming adverse possession against...
Swan v Gill [2013] EWCA Civ 1566 apparently attracted quite a bit of attention at the HLPA conference this year, the general consensus being that the Court of Appeal was wrong in its approach to s.149 Equality Act 2010 and I’m inclined to agree. Mr Gill, an...