repossession – Page 21 – Current Awareness

Birmingham City Council v Qasim and others – WRL Daily

Posted October 22nd, 2009 in housing, law reports, repossession by sally

Birmingham City Council v Qasim and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1080; [2009] WLR (D) 301

“The allocation of a secure tenancy and the grant of such a tenancy by a local housing authority were separate concepts, so that where the authority granted a tenancy to a tenant to whom accommodation had been allocated inconsistently with the authority’s allocation scheme, pursuant to Pt VI of the Housing Act 1996, the tenancy was not thereby rendered void or ineffective.”

WLR Daily, 19th October 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

MI5 whistleblower David Shayler ordered to leave farmhouse squat – The Guardian

Posted August 13th, 2009 in news, repossession by sally

“MI5 whistleblower David Shayler was today ordered to leave the National Trust property in which he is squatting.”

Full story

The Guardian, 12th August 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tenants to gain safeguards from landlords – The Times

Posted August 5th, 2009 in landlord & tenant, news, repossession by sally

“Tenants in properties let by financially unstable landlords could be given greater protection if their homes are repossessed under proposals published today.”

Full story

The Times, 5th August 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Manchester City Council v Pinnock (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 5th, 2009 in housing, judicial review, law reports, repossession by sally

Manchester City Council v Pinnock (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening [2009] EWCA Civ 852; [2009] WLR (D) 280

“In a claim by a public landlord for a possession order against its demoted tenant, the jurisdiction of the county court was limited to considering whether the procedure for bringing the possession claim had been complied with and to making or declining to make the possession order; it had no power to review the decision of the review panel of the public landlord as to whether the decision was proportionate or compatible with the tenant’s human rights.”

WLR Daily, 3rd August 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Lee v Whitehouse – Times Law Reports

Posted July 13th, 2009 in law reports, repossession by sally

Lee v Whitehouse

Court of Appeal

“A judge who was asked to make a possession order under section 98(1)(a) of the Rent Act 1977 on the ground that there was suitable alternative accommodation available had to decide whether or not it was reasonable to make an order by evaluating the effect on both parties if an order was made and if it was not.”

The Times, 13th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

OFT investigates sale-and-rent-back firms – The Guardian

Posted January 30th, 2009 in advertising, consumer protection, news, repossession by sally

“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating 16 sale-and-rent-back firms amid concerns their advertisements could be misleading homeowners desperate to avoid being repossessed.”

Full story

The Guardian, 30th January 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Wandsworth London Borough Council v Webb – Times Law Reports

Posted January 5th, 2009 in ASBOs, law reports, repossession by sally

Wandsworth London Borough Council v Webb

Court of Appeal

“It was not reasonable to make a possession order against a secure tenant on the ground that her son, who no longer lived with her, had been prosecuted and acquitted on three occasions of breaching an antisocal behaviour order. ”

The Times, 5th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Knowsley Housing Trust v White; Shepherds Bush Housing Association v Porter; Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green – Times Law Reports

Posted December 15th, 2008 in law reports, repossession by sally

Knowsley Housing Trust v White; Shepherds Bush Housing Association v Porter; Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green

House of Lords

“An assured tenancy subject to a possession order ended only when possession was delivered up.”

The Times, 15th December 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Knowsley Housing Trust v White (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green – WLR Daily

Posted December 12th, 2008 in law reports, repossession by sally

Knowsley Housing Trust v White (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green: [2008] UKHL 70

“On a proper construction of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 an assured tenancy subject to a possession order ended only when the order was executed.”

WLR Daily, 11th December 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Wandsworth London Borough Council v Whibley – Times Law Reports

Posted November 25th, 2008 in landlord & tenant, law reports, repossession, summary judgments by sally

Wandsworth London Borough Council v Whibley

Court of Appeal

“While it was possible to have a summary disposal of applications to fix a date in a landlord’s possession action, an unsupported assertion that the tenant had to answer did not suffice to procure a hearing, and nor would a bare denial amount to an answer.”

The Times, 25th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Helping people facing repossession – Ministry of Justice

Posted November 24th, 2008 in press releases, repossession by sally

“A number of recent measures have been introduced to help those at risk of losing their homes.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2008

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Jack Straw orders inquiry into repossessions – The Times

Posted November 11th, 2008 in news, repossession by sally

“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has ordered an investigation into a legal loophole that allows lenders to repossess a home without a court order.”

Full story

The Times, 11th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Gordon Brown tells courts to hold back on home repossessions – The Guardian

Posted October 22nd, 2008 in news, repossession by sally

“Gordon Brown today ordered courts to halt action on home repossessions unless all alternatives have been ‘fully examined’ as he admitted the global economic downturn was ‘likely to cause recession’ in the UK.”

Full story

The Guardian, 22nd October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk