More results...
We've been contacted by the solicitor for Mr Austin of Southwark v Austin. There is to be an application for permission to go to the House of Lords (or Supreme Court? depending on timing, I suppose). As part of this, they're looking for indicators of the...
There was a piece broadcast on Radio 5 live about illegal subletting, I think it was on last Sunday, 22 March. It is available as a podcast until Sunday 29 March here or can be played/downloaded as an mp3. Many thanks to Ruth, the producer, for the link.
News just in - the government has announced that the date for the implementation of s.299 H&R Act 2008 - which brings in 'replacement' tenancies has been delayed from 6 April 2009, when we thought it was going to happen, to 'early May'. This is apparently so...
Second of the Ground 16 cases is London Borough of Brent v John Hodson [2009] EWHC 566 (QB) [Not on Bailli yet]. This was decided in January but only released in the last day or so. This is an appeal to the High Court on issues of availability of suitable...
This is the first of two appeals on Ground 16 possession claims which came out today, both concerning whether it was reasonable to make a possession order. The second will be up later on. Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Harry Green & Denise Green...
As they say in American tv shows: ohmigod. R(Ahmad) v LB Newham [2009] UKHL 14 is now available and the Lords have done a pretty good job at destroying the jurisprudence built up by the High Court and Court of Appeal in Part 6 cases. The headlines are: (a)...
Before the excitement of Ahmed tomorrow, there are two legislative developments to note. Firstly, the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/358, has just been published. It waives the requirement...
R (Ariemuguvbe) v LB Islington (2009) QBD (Admin) 24/02/09 [just on Lawtel, not on Bailii yet - what's up with Bailii?] concerned the meaning of 'household' for the purposes of Part VI Housing Act 1996. A. had applied to Islington as homeless and Islington...
The mopping up of the tail end of tolerated trespasser cases continues. Barry Austin v LB Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 66 was the Court of Appeal hearing of the appeal from the High Court hearing we noted earlier. The issue at stake was whether Mr Austin would...
Yesterday the House of Commons debated a Conservative Party motion on housing waiting lists: That this House notes that social housing waiting lists have increased to a record 1.8 million families, over 4.5 million people, over the last 12 months; recognises...
In the end, I couldn't resist writing this one up from the report in January 09's LAG updates. It is a very late report and only a County Court decision, but is a) just too topical for these insolvent times and b) vaguely technically interesting. Lambeth LBC...
In apparent confirmation both that the Times is now a tabloid newspaper and that today was a quiet news day, this was the lead story in Saturday's Times. I'll just quote the opening sentence: Council tenants are being offered £30,000 bribes or cottages by...