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Sheffield CC v Wall (by her personal representatives), Wall, Ingham, Butler [2010] EWCA Civ 922, is, on any view, an unusual case. The Court of Appeal didn't, however, help matters. Imagine, if you will, that, in 1967, Mr Steven Wall was placed with Mrs June...
Naughton v Whittle and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. Manchester County Court 30/11/2009 (Legal Action July 2010) The tendency of the police to be utterly useless in cases of unlawful eviction has been a recurrent motif on Nearly Legal. They...
In the second post of County Court cases you will already have read in June's Legal Action Housing updates, we turn to unlawful eviction and harassment. And it appears to have been a rich few months in this regard, with no fewer than five cases to note....
June's Legal Action housing updates have a bumper collection of interesting county court cases, as you'll already know. For our archives, this is the first of a couple of posts. This one deals with cases on post-eviction re-entry and on re-opening possession...
Islam v Yap and Others. Claim No: TLQ/09/1130. High Court, 20 November 2009. This was a claim for unlawful eviction and a tale worthy of a play by Ben Jonson. There were no less than 5 defendants, and such superfluity necessitates an opening description of...
Kakas v Farmer, Court of Appeal, 29.1.10 (extempore judgment, only available as a lawtel note) Section 27, 1988 Act creates a statutory tort of attempting or actually depriving a residential occupier of his occupation of some or all of the premises....
The January 2010 Housing updates in Legal Action have some County Court case reports that hadn't reached us. You will naturally have already read them in Legal Action, but for our archives... Tenancy Deposits O'Brien v Hill Barnet County Court 22/09/2009 Mr...
The December Legal Action also has the annual housing repairs update. A big tip of the hat to Beatrice Prevatt. We've covered most of the cases here, but there are some others that are well worth a mention... Brunskill v Mulcahy [2009] EWCA Civ 686 (no link)...
Aricioglu v Kaan Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court, 16 October 2009. The December 2009 Legal Action Housing Updates included this County Court claim for harassment and unlawful eviction. Mr A rented a room in a shared house from Mr K for £75 per week in...
Hunt v Hussain, Epsom County Court 31 July 2009 (LAG housing law updates October 2009) As ever, the Legal Action housing law updates have some useful cases, this from the October 2009 issue. This is another of the reports on County Court judgments on...
The August edition LAG housing updates also contain a couple of County Court unlawful eviction and harassment cases that are well worth noting, particularly on quantum. Abbas v Iqbal, Bow County Court 4 June 2009. Mr Abbas, who was elderly and in poor...
Following on from the spate of comments on this post, we have been contacted by a (thoroughly reputable) journalist who would like to write a piece on illegal eviction and, in particular, on police responses and awareness. She is looking for first hand or...