Archive for May 2010
Case Comments: Farstad v Enviroco [2010] UKSC 18 and Inveresk v Tullis Russell [2010] UKSC 19
Last week the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in its first two Scots private law cases. In both cases it reversed the Inner House of the Court of Session (the Scottish equivalent to the Court of Appeal in England & Wales). From a Scottish p…
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Additional and Selective Licensing Consent
Following on from our previous post on the plan to give a blanket consent to all local housing authorities in England to operate Additional and Selective licensing schemes. It seemed that this had been put to one side in the consultation response from…
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Further Adventures in Fair Rents
The High Court has been reviewing the mechanism by which RAC’s set fair rents
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Of fair rents, disrepair and unreasonable temptations
Ahmed & Ors v Murphy [2010] EWHC 453 (Admin)
This was an appeal to the High Court of a decision by the London Rent Assessment Committee (LRAC) that the maximum fair rent payable by Mr Murphy for the flat in Brick Lane, Spitalfields was £8.50 per week. The appeal was brought by the landlords, the Ahmeds. [...]
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M not G
TG, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin)
Or when is a child in need not a child in need?
This was the judicial review of Lambeth’s decision not to support TG as a ‘former relevant child’, he being over 18. The question was, quite simply, had TG been a [...]
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Not their decision to make
Birmingham City Council v Clue [2010] EWCA Civ 460
Ms Clue was a Jamaican national. She and her oldest daughter were given leave to come to the UK in 2000 as visitors. After 6 months, she applied for leave as a student, which was refused after appeal in 2003. No steps were taken to remove Ms [...]
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