Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall. Bristol County Court. 10 July 2024 (Unreported. A copy of the judgment is here.) This was a County Court appeal from a first instance decision by a District Judge that the Court did not have jurisdiction under Civil Procedure Rule 25.1 to make an order allowing Sovereign to force […] The post Orders for forced entry after injunction appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

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Howe v Brent London Borough Council (2024) EWCA Civ 1444 Just a quick note on this Court of Appeal judgment on whether a family member (B) of a secure tenant with a right to buy their home (A) is able to exercise a shared right to buy if A, whose right is established, dies after […] The post Posthumous Right to Buy appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan (2024) EWCA Civ 1457 The Court of Appeal on the status of a fee related to a tenancy taken before the Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and the impact on the validity of a section 21 notice. Ms Switaj had an assured shorthold tenancy […] The post Fees before the Tenant Fees Act, after the Tenant Fees Act. appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

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Various bits of interest… On 21 November, the Housing Minister Matt Pennycook released a written statement on the Government’s plans on Leasehold and Commonhold reform, with an outline timetable. Points to note are that regulations implementing key parts of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 have proved more difficult than first thought, because of […] The post Assorted notes on bits of interest appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

Idara v Southwark LBC (2024) EWHC (KB) (unreported as yet) Thanks to 4-5 Grays Inn Square for their note of the case. This was an appeal to the High Court of the County Court’s refusal to give permission for an out of time section 204 appeal. Southwark had found on review that a property offered […] The post Lateness – excusable and otherwise appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

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Our very grateful thanks to our Wales contributor, Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre, for the following excellent post on Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) – a very significant decision indeed for landlords in Wales. (This is also a point to note that Professor Dave Cowan of Cardiff […] The post “It must have consequences” appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more

A couple of quick notes For landlords in Wales, Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor (2024) EWHC 2831 (Ch) is potentially a very big deal indeed. We will have a detailed note done before long, but in short, a two Judge High Court held that where tenancies had converted to contracts under Renting […] The post Notes in passing. Big issues in Wales, and “Probably one can obtain the like on Amazon” appeared first on Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment ..read more