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This is an interesting case that I missed when it came out on Bailii a couple of months ago. It has just been mentioned in Legal Action, so I went to have a look. Austin v London Borough of Southwark [2007] EWHC 355 (QB) concerned an attempt to revive a...
The debate on the Housing and Regeneration Bill on 31 March saw clauses on both Ground 8 Possession and tolerated trespassers put forward by the Government. Clause 9 appears to stop RSLs using ground 8 at all and to introduce a reasonableness defence in...
This is the second of the two judicial reviews of Southwark's allocation scheme and arguably the more significant of the two. (The first case is in the previous post.) R(Faarah) v Southwark LBC [2008] EWHC 529 (Admin) concerned Southwark's managment of the...
I've been waiting to post on the outcome of two judicial reviews of Southwark's allocation scheme for a while, hoping they would appear on BAILII. They haven't, but Garden Court have briefly set out the cases in their 24 March bulletin. So, here is the first...
As an experiment, nearly live blogging from the HLPA AGM fell foul of having my mobile turned off. So this is 'on the way home from HLPA' blogging instead. Useful talks on Housing Benefit, particularly on the new Local Housing Allowance, in force from 7...
It is about time for a break - 13 detailed posts in the last two weeks, coupled with a frantic time at work, has left me lacking oomph, as devoid of oomph as an omphless thing on a bad day. So there will be nothing more here until after the holiday weekend....
Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association [2008] EWCA Civ 196 is a Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal of an application for revival of tenancy where all the arrears were paid off on a breached suspended possession order. The Court of Appeal was...
So, I have a very busy day, with no time for any considering of judgments. Nonetheless, I am puzzling over the import of a couple of recent decisions for some clients. Then, on the way home, scanning printouts of the cases, what does my mobile's web browser...
Where a possession order is sought under Ground 16 Schedule 2 Housing Act 1985 (under-occupation on succession), what happens to the tenant's right to buy? And is this a factor in weighing the suitability of alternative accommodation and the reasonableness...
A very interesting case report and article by James Stark of Garden Court North in the current Legal Action (March 2008) presents a possible solution to the permanent trespasser problem, at least in part. Permanent trespassers are those who have paid off the...
And so to the last of the marathon of housing case notes I've knocked out over the last few days.... This was reported in the Law Gazette, Mansfield District Council v Langridge (2008) CA (Civ Div), (free access at the time of writing) and is not yet on...
Ahmad, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWCA Civ 140 was Newham's appeal of a JR decision that its allocation scheme was unlawful for failing to take adequate account of cumulative need. This is going to be a long post. Allocation...