Sovereign Network Homes v Ms Vanessa East, Claim Number H01W1247 (13 May 2024, Central London County Court). Thanks to Landmark Chambers for their note on this case. This was a county court appeal of a first instance decision to allow an application to...
Shared Ownership and ‘qualifying tenants’.
A short note on an Upper Tribunal appeal that may have broader consequences. Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Company Ltd & Anor (2020) UKUT 358 (LC) This was an appeal on whether the leaseholders of two block were entitled to acquire...
Shared ownership, Art 8 and A1P1
The entrepreneurialisation of social housing over the last twenty years has led to a diversity in the types of shared ownership. Of course, the standard leasehold type (what in the old days was called DIYSO) predominates, but there are a multitude of other...
Housing policy dribbles
Or the good, the bad and the ugly from the Housing minister and the Communities and Local Government secretary. Grant Shapps, housing minister has been setting out some plans, or perhaps aspirations. Mostly, these seem to involve encouraging people to buy...
Richardson v Midland Heart appeal is no more
We have had confirmation that the appeal of the decision in Richardson v Midland Heart (our detailed note here), on shared ownership, assured tenancies and leasehold interests, has been discontinued. Rumour has it that there is another appeal in a similar...
Statutory Instruments to read by the pool
Apparently Dan Brown (he of "The Da Vinci Code" nonsense) is bringing out a new book shortly. I can't imagine why anyone would want to read it. Especially given that there are (just this week!) three relevant statutory instruments to consider. Ideal poolside...
Shared Ownership – Midland Heart with benefit of transcript
The earlier post on this shared ownership possession case, Richardson v Midland Heart Ltd, (November 2007 Birmingham) attracted a lot of comment, some of it excitable and ill-informed (and much of that from me). Nearly Legal now has a copy of the judgment,...
Lack of ownership in shared ownership
[Edit 15/09/08. It now looks like the following judgment is a) being appealed shortly and b) may only have been a County Court judgment, not High Court - this latter point is not clear but reliable sources say County Court] [Edit 18/09/08. In the comments...