‘The housing charity Shelter has criticised the government for putting lives at risk by delaying a law to make social landlords in England fix dangerous hazards quickly.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Landlords will be forced to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing in England within strict timescales from October, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 6th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Man v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1304 (KB), the High Court exercised its case management powers to exclude witness evidence which put forward a positive case on an issue which had been neither admitted or denied in the defence on the basis that the matter was outside the Defendant’s knowledge. The Judge found that this was not permissible. This article considers how this issue arises in the housing disrepair context.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 28th January 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Jane Talbot discusses how some of the issues faced by social landlords when it comes to obtaining access injunctions can be overcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A “computer says yes” program that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct hundreds of pounds from tenants’ universal credit benefits without requiring officials to check first with the claimant has been declared unlawful by the courts.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor (2025) EWCA Civ 11. This is the Court of Appeal judgment. The central issue was whether service by post of a gas safety certificate, EPC and How to Rent Guide was deemed service under i) Section 7 Interpretation Act 1978, ii) the tenancy agreement, or iii) otherwise. The circumstances were that the tenant denied receipt of the documents, such that a subsequent section 21 notice, which was received, was invalid.’
Nearly Legal, 19th January 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘James Mallery-Nelson analyses a 1996 High Court decision that established a key precedent, providing commercial landlords with a common law mechanism to enforce tenants’ repairing obligations under their leases.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court decision in A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd v Tudor Studios RTM Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 27 may be one of the most significant property law decisions of this year. In summary, the Supreme Court held that the failure to serve a claim notice on an intermediate landlord of communal areas did not invalidate an RTM claim in circumstances where that party could still present its arguments opposing the right to manage.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 6th December 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal recently considered whether or not fees which were paid by a tenant before the enactment of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (“TFA”) could preclude a landlord from recovering possession under s.21 of the Housing Act 1988.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 6th December 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Paragraph 13 of Schedule 8 BSA and regulation 6 of the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2022 contain short time limits and detailed prescribed requirements for landlords to comply with in seeking leaseholder deeds of certificate.’
Falcon Chambers, 26th November 2024
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘The Judgment of the Divisional Court of Griffiths J and HHJ Jarman KC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) is the most significant treatment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (“RH(W)A”) and the wider regulatory regime for Electrical Condition Reports (“ECR”) and fitness for human habitation to date.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 13th November 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Leaseholders living in a block of flats have reported their management company to the housing ombudsman in a dispute over maintenance costs.’
BBC News, 10th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This was a County Court appeal from a first instance decision by a District Judge that the Court did not have jurisdiction under Civil Procedure Rule 25.1 to make an order allowing Sovereign to force entry to their tenant’s, Ms Hall, property.’
Nearly Legal, 8th December 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Following recent changes in the law and guidance, as well as recent media coverage of housing issues, there is a significant rise in housing disrepair claims. Mandy Williams and Nichola Johnston anticipate this trend will continue together with an increase in claims’ complexity.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Runnymede Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who converted a three-bedroom bungalow into a 15-room unlicensed house of multiple occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan (2024) EWCA Civ 1457. The Court of Appeal on the status of a fee related to a tenancy taken before the Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and the impact on the validity of a section 21 notice.’
Nearly Legal, 1st December 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Idara v Southwark LBC (2024) EWHC (KB) (unreported as yet). This was an appeal to the High Court of the County Court’s refusal to give permission for an out of time section 204 appeal. Southwark had found on review that a property offered to Ms Idara was suitable and so her refusal of the property discharged Southwark’s housing duty.’
Nearly Legal, 24th November 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘There can be little doubt that the High Court decision in Coastal Housing Group v Mitchell and Ors will have wide repercussions in Wales.’
Nearly Legal, 18th November 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Today the Law Commission has published its first consultation paper considering how the right to renew business tenancies, set out in Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (and which is called “security of tenure”), is working and whether it meets the needs of business tenants and landlords. The Commission would like to hear from businesses, landlords, their representative bodies and advisors, and anyone else affected by the legislation.’
Law Commission, 19th November 2024
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘David Owens and Helen Arthur explore a recent First Tier Tribunal decision regarding the meaning of “higher-risk building’ under the Building Safety Act 2022.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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