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A couple of recent cases have highlighted the issues involved in transferring County Court possession orders to the High Court for enforcement by High Court Enforcement Officers. This is done by la...

Giles Peaker answers when can you serve a valid section 21 notice....

Many leaseholders of properties bought under the Right to Buy from a Council or held under a lease from a housing association have been facing very substantial service charges for works programmes car...

The Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling’s latest attempt to impose restrictions on eligibility for legal aid has run into a bit of a problem while on its way through Parliament. The High Court, in a r...

As benefit cuts take effect and private rents rise, it is becoming harder and harder for many people to afford all their essentials, including their rent. Evictions from private tenancies are now the...

Written with Caroline Hunter, Professor of Law, University of York “Property Guardians” seem to be a growth industry. Although they may not generally have been encountered by housing profession...

At a time of rising demand, shrinking resources, staff cuts and centrally imposed targets, it is perhaps not surprising that some local authorities’ homeless units appear to be gatekeeping on homele...

If 2009 was the year of surprises for housing lawyers, 2010 will partly be spent getting over them. Major judgments in the House of Lords brought an end to some areas of challenge, confirmed others an...