Housing | Monday 3 October 2016
Amendment to rules on eligibility for homelessness assistance
Today the Government has laid the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 before Parliament. These regulations will amend the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations
Court of Protection | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Inherent jurisdiction for vulnerable adults does not include power of arrest
Re FD (Inherent Jurisdiction: Power of Arrest), HHJ Clifford Bellamy, sitting as a High Court Judge, 28 September 2016 The issue was whether a power of arrest may be attached to an injunction granted by the High Court under its inherent jurisdiction in
Housing | Friday 23 September 2016
Scope of variation clause in possession order
Chatsworth Court v Sartipy (Ch D), unreported, 26 July 2016. The defendant, Ms Sartipy, had been ordered to pay service charge arrears. The claimant, Chatsworth Court, obtained a charging order to try and enforce that judgment.
Housing | Friday 23 September 2016
Concurrent criminal and committal proceedings
Gill v Birmingham City Council [2016] EWCA Civ 608, [2016] HLR 29, 28 June 2016. The appellant, Mr Gill, had been committed to prison for a term of 14 months and 23 days having been found, following a contested trial, to have breached the provisions of