The Latest Housing Law News Increasing evictions: on 12 January 2012 the UK Government issued the latest county court statistics revealing very significant increases in eviction rates. In the third quarter of 2011,16,600 repossessions of properties were made by county court bailiffs, a 20% increase on the third quarter of 2010. 7,300 of the properties […]
Statement of Changes in Immigration RulesHC 1719 – providing for South Sudan to be added to Appendix 1 such that its (new) nationals need a visa even to visit the UK (whilst Turkish nationals who hold diplomatic passports will no longer need visit visas) – came into effect on 9 January 2012. HC 1693 came […]
Employment news From playground to workplace Britons are among the most bullied workers in the world a survey carried out by the recruitment company Monster reveals. The survey questioned 16,517 workers over 53 countries and it found that 25% of British workers report being victims of bullying and cruel jibes at work. Those who complained […]
The Latest Housing Law News Social housing allocation in England: on 5 January 2012 the UK government opened a consultation exercise on the content of a draft new Code of Guidance for social housing allocation in England, taking account of the changes to be made to allocation law by the Localism Act 2011. The proposed […]
Following yesterday's sentencing of Stephen Lawrence's killers, Michael Turner QC has cautioned against thinking the sentences were too light.
Garden Court is proud to announce that Sareta Ashraph has been appointed as the Analyst on the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Libya.
The Latest Housing Law News Right to buy: the Government has launched a consultation on the detailed implementation of its recent proposals to stimulate the right to buy for tenants of social housing by an increase in discounts and one- for-one replacement of associated sales with affordable rented homes. For the consultation paper, click here. […]
News Matthew Coats the current interim head of the Border Force at the UKBA is to take over as chief executive of the Legal Services Commission in February. Click here to read the LSC’s press release. Cases Tomasz Ziolkowski (C-424/10) v Land Berlin21 December 2011A union citizen, who has been resident for more than five […]
News The new fees regime for applications to appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal (IAC) came into force on the 19th December 2011. Click here for more information. Cases HM (Iraq) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 153613th December 2011A country guidance determination of the Upper Tribunal (IAC) has […]
*** LAST ISSUE OF 2011 *** THE HOUSING LAW BULLETIN IS WRITTEN BY JAN LUBA QC HE WISHES ALL READERS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR The Latest Housing Law News Under-occupation of Social Housing: on 14 December 2011 the House of Lords passed an amendment to […]
Stephen Knafler QC and Tim Baldwin advise MIND as to the consequences of the Health and Social Care Bill to provision of aftercare under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Stephen Simblet has successfully represented a protestor, obtaining damages in excess of £14,000 in the High Court, after she suffered injuries at the hands of the police.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has no power to recoup Social Fund loans or overpayments by deductions from existing awards of benefits where the claimant is subject to a debt relief order and that the same pr
Employment News UK tops long hours league New figures from UK National Statistics suggests that the average working week for UK office workers is 43 hours per week, the second highest in Europe, including an average of 1.2 hours of unpaid work per day. For more, click here. Unilever in pensions dispute Unilever, the company […]
The Latest Housing Law News Homelessness in England: on 8 December 2011 the latest official data on homelessness applications to local housing authorities in England was published. It shows that 12,510 applicants were accepted as owed a main housing duty during July to September 2011, 6% higher than during the same quarter of 2010. On […]
News It is understood that a panel of judges of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR has refused the UK government’s request to refer the Chamber judgment in Sufi & Elmi v UK [2011] ECHR 1045 for re-examination by the Grand Chamber. Accordingly the Chamber judgment has become final under ECHR, Art 44(2)(c). For chamber […]
Stephen Knafler QC and David Renton represented activists on Wednesday in their application to set aside a possession order granted in favour of Sun Street Property Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UBS Bank.
The Latest Housing Law News Housing Facts & Figures: on 30 November 2011 the UK Government released the latest statistics on council housing in England. They indicate that 87% of councils now use choice-based letting schemes and that 1.84m people are on housing waiting lists. Last year, councils evicted 6000 tenants and made 146,400 lettings. […]
Cases MA & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 14461st December 2011The Court of Appeal made a reference to the European Court of Justice concerning the question of which Member State was responsible for determining an application for asylum under Regulation 343/2003 art.6, where […]
Stephen Knafler QC, Kathryn Cronin and Bryony Poynor have succeeded in obtaining a reference to the CJEU, from the Court of Appeal, on the question of whether unaccompanied minor asylum seekers can ever be removed under Dublin II to the Dublin State where
