Archive for May 2009
O(L)ivers Army
Defence Estates v L and another, High Court (Administrative Court, Collins J, 5.5.09) [2009] All ER (D) 20 (May) is – potentially – quite an important case on the ongoing Qazi/Kay/Doherty/Connors/McCann/Cosic debate about the role of Article 8 in possession proceedings.
The only report of the judgement is from the All ER note, which isn’t a [...]
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The importance of not being earnest
Via a somewhat convoluted route, we have received news of a cautionary tale from Croydon. Consider it an illustration of the need to use conditional language when writing about something which is supposed to happen but which is outside of your control. It is also a story which may (see, that’s how you do it) [...]
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Outsourced temporary accommodation
Many local authorities use private accommodation for temporary accommodation under Housing Act 1996 Part VII. This may be by an LA ALMO ‘managing agency’, on which more at another time, or by licence agreements with private agencies.
One of the latter came to grief in Birmingham in 2008 and the decision to abandon the agency agreement [...]
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Outright orders and drug offences
Knowsley Housing Trust v Prescott & Prescott [2009] EWHC 924 (QB)
Mr & Mrs Prescott were the assured tenants of Knowsley Housing Trust and had been since 2002. On 11 April 2006, Mr Prescott pleaded guilty to charges relating to the supply of cocaine and amphetamines. He was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment.
The Housing Trust sought [...]
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Emergency remedial action
In Luton Borough Council v Universal Group we have the first (and almost certainly last) decision of the Lands Tribunal under the Housing Act 2004 on appeal from a Residential Property Tribunal (or RPT).
15-17 Chapel Street, Luton is (or was) consisted of a night club on the ground floor and 11 storeys of 13 residential [...]
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Advice for landlords whose tenants are not paying rent
A report on the BBC web-site today states that more tenants are in arrears of rent now than since the late 1980’s. Which is not surprising given the almost daily announcements of redundancies.
Here is a bit of advice for landlords:
Keep on top of things and contact tenants as soon as they fall into arrears
Be [...]
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