Some bits for private sector tenancies (in England, mainly), including s.21 notice periods, Tenant Fees Act and tenancy 'churn', an updated electrical safety guide for tenants, and the distant prospects of a Renters Reform Bill. I've belatedly...
Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor (cross-examination on a draft witness statement) (2021) EWHC 2539 (Ch) I don't know how many of you have been following the Axnoller v Brake litigation (parties vary, but are basically the same). I suspect not...
An assortment of useful and amusing things for a Sunday. First, the many and varied changes to the notice periods and validity periods of section 21 notices over the last 18 months has caused headaches for all involved in trying to calculate the...
[Updated 13 Sept 2021 with reference to CPR PD 70B] Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor (mental health crisis moratorium) (2021) EWHC 2308 (Ch) I'm not going into any detail on the background to this judgment. It forms part of what has been by...
New regulations were laid today (9 Sept) coming into force on 1 October 2021 for England. The snappily titled The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021 do the following....
Global 100 Ltd v Kyselakova & Ors (2021) EW Misc 13 (CC) This is the judgment in an appeal to a Circuit Judge - HHJ Luba QC - from a possession order made by a District Judge at the first hearing of the possession claim. The issues involved the...
We've been here before - MHCLG putting out versions of notice forms that were different to the statutory prescribed version, causing all sorts of lawfulness issues. This time (and I'll confess I hadn't picked it up at the time, because of not...
Thanks to Marina Sergides of Garden Court for this note of an interesting County Court possession claim, defended on public law grounds. Tower Hamlets LBC v Ali, County Court at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch. 21 July 2021 Tower Hamlets (“TH”)...
Kalonga, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Croydon (2021) EWHC 2174 (Admin) While Croydon v Kalonga on terminating flexible tenancies during the fixed term is to be heard by the Supreme Court (our report on the Court of Appeal...
In this recent judicial review (2021) EWHC 1964 (Admin) H.H. Judge Gosnell addressed interesting questions around closure orders, adjournments, Article 6(1) rights, and the refusal of the Magistrates Court to state a case. He declined to grant...
A few notes... As of 1 August 2021, the notice period for notices seeking possession on grounds of rent arrears for arrears of less than 4 months rent was reduced from 4 months notice to 2 months notice. Where arrears are of 4 months or more, the...
Ah, the How to Rent Guide. Is there anything that would so predictably cause problems and yet has been so frequently messed up by MHCLG? The latest instalment of the saga goes like this. On 21 July 2021, MHLCG updated the 'How to Rent Guide' page....