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(Update 27 March. For the details of the stay, see here on the new Practice Direction 51Z ) Well now, this is big (and also finally, it would seem, some clarity). According to this MHCLG press release from this evening: From tomorrow (27 March 2020)...
Now that the Coronavirus Act is in force (as of today 26 March 2020), the three month notice period applies to assure and assured shorthold tenancies (as well as secure, introductory, etc). And there is: i) a new Form 6A - the form for Section 21...
We have already commented here on the proposed protections in the Coronavirus Bill designed to implement the Government's promise that there would be a "Complete ban on evictions and additional protection for renters". There has been a fair amount of...
MHCLG have - to their credit - been quite clear about the position for some hotels - where they are providing room for the homeless by arrangement with a local authority, they should remain open. Unfortunately, it appears that some hotel chains, at...
I've seen the draft amendments to the Coronavirus Bill on housing possession. A word of caution, this was a draft from 22 March, not the actual amends due to be put forward today 23 March. I was waiting for those to be made public to check, but that has not...
What follows is the text of a twitter thread by Simon Mullings (@spikemullings), a housing lawyer and duty scheme advisor, arising from events on a duty session for a possession list last Friday 20 March. Reposted with permission. Following on from our...
[update 19 March. This Message from the Lord Chief Justice to judges in the Civil and Family Courts has been sent out and published this morning. It emphasises the need to move to phone and video hearings wherever possible and to make arrangements to support...
The Government has just announced emergency legislation to do the following: Stop any new possession claims (social and private tenancies) being issued at court for the next three months (at least). Introduce a new pre-action protocol for possession claims,...
Ahead of the government introducing the bill for emergency Coronavirus related measures later this week, Labour have published a draft bit of legislation which addresses the position of (most) renters where they fail to pay rent due to effects of the...
All I want is a room somewhere Far away from the cold night air With one enormous chair Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Finally, a delayed look at the JUSTICE 'Solving Housing Disputes' report, which they announced as 'bold and ambitious'. Alas, I rather fear...
A couple of First Tier Tribunal decisions to add to the growing pile of findings that short let use is in breach of lease. City of Westminster v Madhukar Kothari LON/00BK/LBC/2019/0087 Mr Kothari had a right to buy lease of a City of Westminster flat. The...
Strezovski and others v North Macedonia (App. Nos. 14460/16 and others) might not seem immediately relevant to readers. After all, housing law in North Macedonia is, I think we can safely say, quite different to England or Wales. But district heating systems...