Latest Updates
Housing | Monday 3 September 2018
Reliance on Equality Act defence at warrant stage
Paragon Asra Housing Ltd v Neville [2018] EWCA Civ 1712, 26 July 2018
Housing | Sunday 2 September 2018
Allocation of social housing (1): challenge to 10-year residence requirement
R (Gullu) v London Borough of Hillingdon [2018] EWHC 1937 (Admin), 26 July 2018
Adult social care, Capacity, Court of Protection, Health care | Friday 20 July 2018
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill starts its journey through Parliament: the replacement of DoLS
The Bill introduces a new administrative scheme for authorisation of deprivation of liberty arising from arrangements for care or treatment of persons lacking capacity to consent to those arrangements.
Housing | Friday 20 July 2018
Rent arrears, housing benefit problems and intentional homelessness
Oduneye v London Borough of Brent [2018] EWCA Civ 1595, 5 July 2018
Housing | Friday 20 July 2018
Homelessness: whether ‘minded to’ letter must offer face-to-face interview
Kamara v London Borough of Southwark, Leach v St Albans City and District Council, Piper v South Bucks District Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1616, 12 July 2018
Children | Friday 20 July 2018
When will damages awarded under the HRA for breaches of duty by Local Authorities following care proceedings be subject to the statutory charge?
Northamptonshire County Council & Anor v The Lord Chancellor (via the Legal Aid Agency) [2018] EWHC1628 (Fam), 5 June 2018
Children, Migrant support | Friday 20 July 2018
High Court gives guidance on the relationship between applications in the family court for FGM protection orders for children and existing immigration proceedings in the Tribunal
BA, AA and JA, AA (Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders and Immigration Appeals) [2018] EWHC 1754 (Fam), 3 July 2018
Housing | Friday 22 June 2018
Suspended possession orders: procedure for enforcement and proleptic discharge provisions
The appellant, Mr Armstrong, was the secure tenant of the Respondent, Ashfield DC. In June 2013, following a trial, a suspended possession order was made in respect of Mr Armstrong’s home.
