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
Latest Posts
High Court enforcement continued
In what has turned into a continuing series, there are further updates on enforcement of possession orders via the High Court, obtaining writs and the scandalous conduct of many High Court Enforcement Officers. (Previous posts here and here)...
O Tempora O More*
Older readers may recall the saga of Charles Henry & Co (aka Legal Action. No, not that Legal Action), the pretend solicitors, run by Kevin Gregory. See chronologically here, here, here and here. That calamity is still playing out, with both...
Find a new place to dwell
Or spousal rights after notice to quit served by joint tenant. Derwent Housing Association Limited v Taylor, Court of Appeal (Civ Div) 19 January 2016 (unreported as far as I can see, apart from this note by Shoosmiths, for which we are suitably...
Discrimination in allocation
Courtesy of Garden Court North Chambers and Joseph Markus of GCN is this note of a settled judicial review claim on an allocation policy's local connection requirements. R (VC) v North Somerset Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission...
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.
Tory MPs protest at Govt policy and legislation, while trying to blame the mayor. How stupid can they get?
Our MPs @Christian4BuryS and @JamesDalyMP have signed a letter from Greater Manchester MPs to Matt Hancock in relation to Andy Burnham's comments yesterday stating that it was ‘impossible’ to lift the restrictions in any single borough.
Number of households hit by the benefit cap has increased 93% compared to before the pandemic https://twitter.com/pennyjennington/status/1291311133333295104
The government said that they didn't need to scrap the Benefit Cap as very few people who lost work due to the pandemic would be affected. Well, stats out today show that the number of households hit by the cap DOUBLED between February and May: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics
has anyone else’s landlord suddenly announced that they need to sell their property as soon as possible because of the stamp duty holiday? fun isn’t it
Out of office on until 17 August. First post lockdown trip beckons - part sorting of Dad’s house, part holiday (nearby sea, and sunlit terrace with a view…). Not sure about motorway service stations, in case of Cummings.
Trust me on housing, said Honest Bob Jenrick. Only it turned out nobody did | John Crace https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/06/robert-jenrick-housing-planning-honest-bob