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Housing | Friday 20 July 2018
Rent arrears, housing benefit problems and intentional homelessness
Oduneye v London Borough of Brent [2018] EWCA Civ 1595, 5 July 2018
Housing | Friday 20 July 2018
Homelessness: whether ‘minded to’ letter must offer face-to-face interview
Kamara v London Borough of Southwark, Leach v St Albans City and District Council, Piper v South Bucks District Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1616, 12 July 2018
Children | Friday 20 July 2018
When will damages awarded under the HRA for breaches of duty by Local Authorities following care proceedings be subject to the statutory charge?
Northamptonshire County Council & Anor v The Lord Chancellor (via the Legal Aid Agency) [2018] EWHC1628 (Fam), 5 June 2018
Children, Migrant support | Friday 20 July 2018
High Court gives guidance on the relationship between applications in the family court for FGM protection orders for children and existing immigration proceedings in the Tribunal
BA, AA and JA, AA (Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders and Immigration Appeals) [2018] EWHC 1754 (Fam), 3 July 2018
Housing | Friday 22 June 2018
Suspended possession orders: procedure for enforcement and proleptic discharge provisions
The appellant, Mr Armstrong, was the secure tenant of the Respondent, Ashfield DC. In June 2013, following a trial, a suspended possession order was made in respect of Mr Armstrong’s home.
Capacity, Housing | Friday 22 June 2018
Capacity to make a homeless application
WB (a protected party through her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v W District Council [2018] EWCA Civ 928, 26 April 2018
Housing | Friday 22 June 2018
Damages for unlawful eviction
Mr Smith was the assured shorthold tenant of Mr Khan. The tenancy commenced in June 2014. It was for a fixed term of 12 months.
Housing | Friday 22 June 2018
Whether to award ECHR damages for breach of homelessness duties
The claimant, M, was an Irish national with three children. The middle child, T, had spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and bilateral hip dislocation and relied on a wheelchair to mobilise.
