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Article 14, Disability, HB and Bright-Line Rules
In Burnip v Birmingham CC, Trengove v Walsall MBC, and Gorry v Wiltshire C [2012] EWCA Civ 629, the Court…
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Financial awards for rat and mouse infestation
I was flicking through the January edition of Legal Action Magazine today (yes I know, I am a bit late…
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Carpets, covenants and ‘the well-being of lawyers’
I suspect that many lawyers heave a heavy sigh at neighbour disputes. They seem to be fought with an intensity…
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Part VII and Procedure
Two very recent Court of Appeal judgements have looked at the extent of a Local Authority’s obligations under Reg 6(2)…
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But that isn’t what it says…
[Edited 16/05/2012 to correct the s.47(2) point]Beitov Properties Ltd v Elliston Martin [2012] UKUT 133 (LC) is, I suspect, going…
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Outside the Boxall
This is an important case on costs on settled Judicial Reviews. Following on Bahta & Ors, R (on the application…
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Housing and Human Rights Round-Up
Two interesting cases have been delivered by the ECHR in the last few weeks: Mago and others v Bosnia-Herzegovina and…
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Barking and Dagenham LBC v Bakare; too little too late
Just a brief note on this. As yet no transcript. This is another example of a fairly robust antisocial behaviour…
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Care needs, eligibility and human rights
De Almeida, R (on the application of) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2012] EWHC 1082 (Admin)This was a…
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The tenant is dead, long live the tenant
Our attention was drawn to a decision in the Medway County Court, presumably because it considered a proportionality defence. I’m…
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