Inquest into the death of Tracy Shelvey finds significant and gross failures
Wednesday 16 Dec 2015
The case has been widely reported in the press, including by ITV News, the Guardian and Manchester Evening News. Tracy died in February 2014, days after finding out that a…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 344 – 17 February 2014
Monday 17 Feb 2014
Housing Law News Evictions: on 13 February 2014 the UK Government published the latest court statistics on possession claims brought by landlords and mortgage lenders in England and Wales. The…
Inquest concludes serious failures contributed to self-inflicted death of Beth Tenquist
Wednesday 27 Nov 2019
…De Souza, there is optimism that there will be improvements going forward. After the Inquest, two of Beth’s sisters, Miriam and Alice told ITV news: “How many more people need to…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 290 – 26 November 2012
Monday 26 Nov 2012
*** THIS WEEK’S IMPORTANT NEWS**** The third edition of the Housing Allocation and Homelessness book written by Liz Davies and Jan Luba QC is published this week. For information on…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 343 – 10 February 2014
Monday 10 Feb 2014
Housing Law News Housing and Anti-Social Behaviour: the Government’s Anti-social Behaviour etc Bill passed its remaining Parliamentary stages last week. It will receive Royal Assent shortly. For a background briefing…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 289 – 19 November 2012
Monday 19 Nov 2012
***LATE NEWS: This Tuesday afternoon (20 November) at 5pm, Jan Luba QC will be leading a free seminar on Human rights defences and possession claims in Nottingham. For venue details…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 342 – 3 February 2014
Monday 3 Feb 2014
Housing Law News Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPS) (1): today (3 February) is that last day on which local authorities can apply to the UK Government for a share of the…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 341 – 28 January 2014
Tuesday 28 Jan 2014
Housing Law News Defending possession claims: yesterday (27 January 2014) the legal aid rules were changed so that legal aid is no longer available to defend residential possession claims which…
Ripping the heart out of the Nomad Nation
Monday 18 Nov 2019
…heard by the Court of Appeal on 3rd and 4th December 2019 [4] https://www.negotiatedstopping.co.uk/what-is-negotiated-stopping [5] https://squattinglondon.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/response-to-gov-consultation-on-unauthorised-encampments-june-2018/ [6] See section 19A-H at http://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/1994/act/2/revised/en/pdf?annotations=true [7] https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2018/06/police-chiefs-back-calls-creation-dozens-more-gypsy-and-traveller-sites. See also the recent report from Friends, Families and Travellers:…
A Walk Down a Long Road with Ian Macdonald QC – tribute letter by Professor Gus John
Monday 18 Nov 2019
Friends All, A Walk Down a Long Road with Ian Like you, I’m still reeling from the news of Ian’s sudden departure from us and I send condolences to each…
