6/3/2025 12:48:27 PM The time limits for beginning possession proceedings: is it all now meaningless? By Cara Hall In 2022, Alice Irving wrote this helpful article about when possession proceedings are “begun” in the context of possession proceedings...
4/7/2025 4:14:05 PM Housing claims and the intermediate track By Cara Hall On 1 October 2023, a new track came into force which shook up the rules on allocation and fixed costs. There are some exceptions carved...
3/10/2025 11:51:40 AM How does an assured shorthold tenancy become a secure tenancy? By accident! By Cara Hall In the London Borough of Redbridge v G (Romford County Court, 5 February 2025), a series of unusual events lead to an assured shorthold...
1/28/2025 11:53:50 AM The need to plead a positive case in defence if you have a positive case in defence By Cara Hall In Man v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1304 (KB), the High Court exercised its case management powers...
11/16/2023 3:22:33 PM What is the appropriate level of damages when a property is unfit for human habitation? By Cara Hall In Dezitter v Hammersmith and Fulham Homes (Central London County Court, 7 November 2023), the court considered the appropriate level of...
1/30/2023 2:28:10 PM Westminster's allocations scheme unlawful By Zia Nabi Khayyat and another v Westminster City Council [2023] EWHC 30 (Admin) Summary A local housing authority is entitled to have a policy...
5/26/2022 9:21:48 PM High Court finds moving into statutorily overcrowded housing is not a “deliberate act” where Claimant could not afford suitable housing By Caragh Nimmo High Court finds moving into statutorily overcrowded housing is not a “deliberate act” where Claimant could not afford suitable housing...
7/1/2021 12:29:13 PM COVID-19 rent arrears: A tip for defending Ground 8 possession claims By Alice Irving For those on the frontline in defending possession proceedings post the Covid-19 stay, it is sadly all too common to be representing...
5/4/2021 12:00:00 AM Birmingham City Council Housing Allocation Scheme found to discriminate against households with disabled members By Alice Irving The High Court has just handed down judgment in R (Nur) v Birmingham City Council [2021] EWHC 1138 (Admin). The case is an important win...
6/3/2020 12:00:00 AM An uncivil matter: Unlawful eviction and the police By Doughty Street Chambers Daniel Clarke With fears that the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a rise in unlawful evictions, and local authorities’ ability to take action limited,...
4/28/2020 4:46:54 PM Lockdown musings By Doughty Street Chambers The Guardian article written by Amelia Gentleman that appeared in the paper on 27th April 2020 gave a compelling account of the immediate...
6/26/2019 12:00:00 AM Definition of bedroom for the bedroom tax regulations By Zia Nabi The Court of Appeal has held that for the purposes of Regulation B13(5) Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, a bedroom is a room which is...