Latest Updates
Housing | Friday 10 November 2017
‘Significantly more vulnerable’: the Court of Appeal explains
Panayiotou v Waltham Forest London Borough Council; Smith v Haringey London Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1624, 19 October 2017
Housing | Friday 10 November 2017
Intentional homelessness: whether 2-years renting amounted to settled accommodation
Doka v London Borough of Southwark [2017] EWCA Civ 1532, 17 October 2017
Housing, Welfare benefits | Friday 10 November 2017
Ombudsman rules on delay in council passing a housing benefit appeal to the Tribunal
The claimant applied for Housing Benefit. This was refused on the basis that her self-employment “was not effective” such that she did not have a right to reside for benefit purposes.
Housing | Friday 8 September 2017
Whether accommodation under s193(2) Housing Act 1996 occupied ‘as a dwelling’
Dacorum Borough Council v Bucknall (aka Acheampong) EWHC 2094 (QB), 10 August 2017.
Housing | Friday 8 September 2017
Court of Appeal guidance on requirements of lawful allocation scheme
R (H) v Ealing LBC [2017] EWCA Civ 1127, 28 July 2017
Housing | Monday 4 September 2017
High Court enforcement of possession orders: notice requirements under CPR 83.13
Partridge v Gupta [2017] EWHC 2110 (QB), 15 August 2017
Housing | Monday 4 September 2017
Subletting, SPOs and unlawful profit orders
Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association Ltd v Begum [2017] EWHC 2040 (QB), 4 August 2017
Housing | Thursday 3 August 2017
Garden Court Chambers Housing Team respond to the consultation of Terms of Reference of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
The response addresses the interim report, the second stage of the inquiry, the importance of the views of the residents and the structure and make up of the inquiry.
