‘A High Court judge has ruled that a s.106 obligation to transfer land to a council for a nominal sum of £1 where affordable housing had not been delivered by a specified date was no longer enforceable. Barristers at Francis Taylor Building explain why.’
Local Government lawyer, 19th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘People living in vans on a residential road are to challenge legal action taken by a council to move them on. Bristol City Council was granted an injunction order on Greenbank View, in Easton, after complaints from local residents.’
BBC News, 18th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It is finally here, a mere five years from first being promised. The Renters (Reform) Bill has started its parliamentary journey today (17 May). As it stands, it is the largest reform to tenancies in England since 1988 (Wales having done its own, even more significant, thing).’
Nearly Legal, 17th May 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘This paper describes the current regulatory regime in England and plans to strengthen regulation of letting and managing agents.’
House of Commons Library, 16th May 2023
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Opportunities to help a man who starved to death were missed, a safeguarding review has found.’
BBC News, 14th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judicial review on three grounds:
i) Breach of section 193(2) Housing Act 1996 duty to secure suitable accommodation;
ii) The Westminster’s allocation policy was unlawful in that it denied the applicant medical need priority reasonable preference, restricting him to homeless reasonable preference; and
iii) Breach of the duty under section 166A(9)(a)(ii) Housing Act 1996 to provide the applicant sufficient information to permit the applicant to determine whether housing accommodation appropriate to his needs is likely to be available to him and, if so, how long it is likely to be before such accommodation becomes available for allocation to him.’
Nearly Legal, 8th May 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A woman who has lived on the same council estate for 30 years has taken developers and her local authority to the high court over plans to demolish her home.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Housing Ombudsman found severe maladministration for housing association A2Dominion after its poor complaint handling left a mother and her family living in “dangerous and unacceptable conditions”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A homelessness appeal has been allowed on three out of four grounds on behalf of a man who was placed in unsuitable accommodation by Cambridge City Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge has approved a “global” settlement of compensation claims made by people affected by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Querino v Cambridge City Council. County Court at Cambridge, 29 March 2023. Continuing the trend (of which I wholeheartedly approve) of people sending me notes of judgments, the following is a note of a s.204 appeal of a suitability review decision from Toby Vanhegan of 4-5 Gray’s Inn and Manjinder Atwal of Duncan Lewis, for which we are very grateful. The issues were i) whether a “minded to” letter should have been sent, ii) whether the council should have been satisfied that the applicant could end his licence in time to take up the offer of Part VI accommodation, and iii) the review officer had wrongly excluded the applicant’s supporting material from CAFCASS.’
Nearly Legal, 1st May 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The High Court recently struck out an application by a council for an injunction to prevent the use of an airfield for asylum accommodation. Paul Brown KC, Nick Grant and Rebecca Sage explain why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who claims a five-metre branch fell from a tree and damaged his house has been told it is too valuable to be cut down.’
BBC News, 27th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘City of Westminster Council v Kazam & Anor (2023) EWHC 825 (KB). It is always the joint tenancies that cause problems. This was an appeal of a first instance decision dismissing a claim for possession by Westminster and declaring that Mr Rahimi had succeeded to a secure tenancy. It all turned on whether there had been a surrender and regrant of the tenancy to Mr Rahimi’s grandmother, Mrs Hussain.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd April 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Birmingham City Council v Bravington (2023) EWCA Civ 308. A quick one – A possession claim under s.84A Housing Act 1985 requires service of a notice under section 83ZA. In this case.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd April 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A public call for evidence has been launched to establish the scale of “sex for rent” in the UK and ask if existing laws protect victims.’
Home Office, 21st April 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A former Grenfell resident has failed in a judicial review challenge against rehousing decisions made by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the years following the 2017 fire.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Roderick Morton reports on a High Court ruling that highlights the importance of checking implementation carefully where a developer claims to have permission.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A few yards from the Tate Modern lies the Neo-Bankside block. It contains glass fronted flats constructed not long before the gallery’s viewing platform (known as the Blatvanik Building) opened. The trial took place in 2019, shortly before coronavirus struck in 2020 ([2019] EWHC 246) and took an inordinately long time to get to the Supreme Court.’
Exchange Chambers, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
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