The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 received its Royal Assent on the 20 December 2018 and will come into force on the 20 March 2019. This new act is…
S.17 Offers of accommodation
R (AE) v London Borough of Brent [2018] EWHC 2574 (Admin) This case concerned the High Court dismissing a Judicial Review against a decision made by a Council to…
Duty to Refer
The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 significantly reformed England’s homelessness legislation by placing duties on local housing authorities to intervene at earlier stages to seek to prevent homelessness, and to provide…
CPR amendments and applications for warrants
On the 1st October 2018, the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2018 came into effect. Within the amendments, a change has been brought about in respect of applications for…
When can a Local Authority revisit a homeless decision?
R (Sambotin) v London Borough of Brent [2018] EWCA Civ 1826 This case is a very interesting one and related to when a Local Authority can revisit a decision made. …