Regina (Coombes) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council and another [2010] WLR (D) 70
“S 3 of the Eviction Act 1977 was not incompatible with arts 6 and 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2010
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Birmingham City Council v Qasim and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1080; [2009] WLR (D) 301
“The allocation of a secure tenancy and the grant of such a tenancy by a local housing authority were separate concepts, so that where the authority granted a tenancy to a tenant to whom accommodation had been allocated inconsistently with the authority’s allocation scheme, pursuant to Pt VI of the Housing Act 1996, the tenancy was not thereby rendered void or ineffective.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2009
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“MI5 whistleblower David Shayler was today ordered to leave the National Trust property in which he is squatting.”
The Guardian, 12th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tenants in properties let by financially unstable landlords could be given greater protection if their homes are repossessed under proposals published today.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“In a claim by a public landlord for a possession order against its demoted tenant, the jurisdiction of the county court was limited to considering whether the procedure for bringing the possession claim had been complied with and to making or declining to make the possession order; it had no power to review the decision of the review panel of the public landlord as to whether the decision was proportionate or compatible with the tenant’s human rights.”
WLR Daily, 3rd August 2009
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Court of Appeal
“A judge who was asked to make a possession order under section 98(1)(a) of the Rent Act 1977 on the ground that there was suitable alternative accommodation available had to decide whether or not it was reasonable to make an order by evaluating the effect on both parties if an order was made and if it was not.”
The Times, 13th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating 16 sale-and-rent-back firms amid concerns their advertisements could be misleading homeowners desperate to avoid being repossessed.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wandsworth London Borough Council v Webb
Court of Appeal
“It was not reasonable to make a possession order against a secure tenant on the ground that her son, who no longer lived with her, had been prosecuted and acquitted on three occasions of breaching an antisocal behaviour order. ”
The Times, 5th January 2009
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House of Lords
“An assured tenancy subject to a possession order ended only when possession was delivered up.”
The Times, 15th December 2008
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“On a proper construction of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 an assured tenancy subject to a possession order ended only when the order was executed.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2008
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Wandsworth London Borough Council v Whibley
Court of Appeal
“While it was possible to have a summary disposal of applications to fix a date in a landlord’s possession action, an unsupported assertion that the tenant had to answer did not suffice to procure a hearing, and nor would a bare denial amount to an answer.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
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“A number of recent measures have been introduced to help those at risk of losing their homes.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has ordered an investigation into a legal loophole that allows lenders to repossess a home without a court order.”
The Times, 11th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown today ordered courts to halt action on home repossessions unless all alternatives have been ‘fully examined’ as he admitted the global economic downturn was ‘likely to cause recession’ in the UK.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts are having to delay adoption hearings and personal injury claims to deal with a surge in mortgage repossessions.”
The Times, 16th August 2008
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“Homeowners threatened with repossession are being denied free legal advice because lawyers who provide it are being swamped, says a charity.”
BBC News, 8th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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