Nearly Legal
Housing Law News and Comment
Nearly Legal is a specialist housing law website for England (and occasionally Wales), run by solicitors and barristers practising in the field.
The site provides information, updates and discussion on housing and landlord & tenant law. Issues covered include homelessness, possession and forfeiture, unlawful eviction, disrepair and housing fitness, regulation and licensing, service and major works charges, right to manage and anything else that interests us. Contents include frequent case reports, updates on statute law, guides and key documents.
It is all free, but it is just our opinions, not legal advice. Please do not ask for advice on individual matters
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The agreements that weren’t
Publity AG v Chesterhill Properties Ltd [2016] EWHC 1994 (Ch) (Not on Bailii. Judgment on Lawtel) Every now and again there is a reminder of the problems of a contractual tenancy. In this case, the difficulties involved a deposit of £52,000 and a...
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What do points mean? (No prizes)
Woolfe, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Islington [2016] EWHC 1907 (Admin) Another allocation judicial review, related, but perhaps distinct from the line of 'reasonable preference' cases we have previously seen. The issue, in part,...
Key Resources and information
Section 21 Notice validity flowchart – downloadable flowchart for checking whether Section 21 notices are validly served and effective.
How to Rent Guide Archive – What version of the Guide was current when? MHCLG don’t provide this information. We have dates and downloads for all versions.
Relationship Breakdown and Tenancies FAQ – An outline of the issues and options.
Bedroom Tax First Tier Tribunal – FTT Decisions archive. Upper Tribunal decisions can be found here.
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All the bits that don’t make it to the blog.
A brace of service charge Tribunal cases to write up, but frankly too lazy/sleepy this weekend…. They will get done eventually.
1/6 Fire-risk bills of £100,000 per flat - much bigger than government policy has factored in - are landing on doormats as ministers plan loans for leaseholders #EndOurCladdingScandal https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hidden-housing-scandal-who-will-pay-to-fix-fire-risk-flats-5xvtgjpcn
Detainees at Home Office refugee camps are being threatened their asylum claims will be harmed if they “misbehave”. They have been told by staff that their asylum claims will be jeopardised if they speak out about the conditions or go on hunger strike.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/23/uk-asylum-seekers-told-claims-at-risk-if-they-misbehave
Oh, apparently freedom of speech shouldn’t mean any actively bad consequences. Even if your ‘freedom of speech’ involves breaching your professional code of conduct.
@nearlylegal @carlgardner Exercise of freedom of speech rightly carries the consequence of criticism and of being told by others you are wrong, unpleasant, misguided, etc. It should be free of the consequence of losing your job, or your right to earn your living, on account of what you say.