Work in progress
The below 2 posts are joined
Below cases are joined starting in descending order with:
- 21 November 2019 costs review HERE of summary costs awarded against A Kuznetsov, assessed to the sum of £11,614.20.
- 1st May 2019 Alexander Kuznetsov V The London Borough of Camden HERE - application dismissed, for reasons given. Application for a Judicial Review [JR] of decision of London Borough of Camden - that he is not qualified for allocation of housing under part 6 of the Housing Act 1996
- There's also THIS from early 2016 to do with Leaseholder Services Charges
Unsuitable housing
this one to do with housing officers illegally evicting and disposing of possessions
this one is to do with the water over charging
To do with a fire [3 July 2009] in a block of council flats which killed 6 people and harmed many others
legal and costs build-up
contempt of court - housing department
House of Lords/ now known as UK Supreme Court
London Borough of Southwark and Another v. Mills and Others Baxter v. Mayor etc of the London Borough of Camden [1999] UKHL 40; [1999] 4 All ER 449; [1999] 3 WLR 939 (21st October, 1999) (bailii.org) cited grounds Quiet Enjoyment and Nuisance failed - no sound-proofing within dwellings - landlord not liable. 'Buyer Beware'
Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2003] UKHL 5 (13 February 2003) (bailii.org)London Borough of Merton Council v Nuffield Health [2023] UKSC 18 (07 June 2023
London Borough of Merton Council v Nuffield Health [2023] UKSC 18 (07 June 2023)
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2023/18.html Rates relief [or not] for registered charity/private business re gym membership prices excluded those of modest means
"Whether Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights."
civil or criminal standard of proof for injunctions
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham v Clarke & Anor [2000] EWCA Civ 3032 (20 November 2000) (bailii.org) appeal against dismissal of possession order
Subsidence of house due to deep trench dug outside house/broke water pipes by council - house unsafe to live in was left empty and squatters got in and did damage - bill sent to Camden Council - council admitted nuisance liability "The damages were left to an official referee"
"The proceedings in respect of AC were issued in 2020 as an application for an order that she be moved from her home, where she was living with GC, to a respite placement to allow for issues of hoarding and cleanliness of the property to be addressed and the property made safe."
Director of Public Prosecutions v Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court [2022] EWHC 3207 (Admin) (16 December 2022)
" 1 The Interested Parties were charged with offences of aggravated trespass arising out of their protest against construction of the HS2 railway.
" 1 The Interested Parties were charged with offences of aggravated trespass arising out of their protest against construction of the HS2 railway.
Protection from Eviction Act 1977 HERE
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The below is a Warrant to Enter Premises under the Environmental Protection Act 1990
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CRAIG HILL AGAINST ANGUS COUNCIL [2023] SC FOR 6 (03 February 2023)
http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotSC/2023/2023_SC_FOR_6.html [28 April 2022] Tenant claims to have had an accident due to lighting in communal area of block he lived in being faulty
APPEAL BY CRAIG HILL v ANGUS COUNCIL [2023] Scot SAC Civ 15 (12/01/2023)
12 Jan 2023
Mohammed, R (on the application of) v Local Safeguarding
Children's Board For Islington & Anor [2014] EWHC 3966 (Admin) (27
November 2014) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2014/3966.html
A housing related case and the tragic death of 7 y/o child who had autism
Mitchell v. Glasgow City Council [2005] ScotCS CSOH_84 (30 June 2005)
Mitchell & Anor (APS) v Glasgow City Council [2008] ScotCS CSIH_19 (29 February 2008) http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/2008/CSIH_19.html
UO v London Borough of Redbridge [2023]
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Legal Status of Written Guidance by a Government Secretary-of State/Cabinet Member [Guidance that isn't an Order, or Secondary Legislation such as Regulations.
update 13/nov/24
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Montano, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2024] EWHC 249 (Admin) (08 February 2024) Housing Allocation Scheme - backdating application date
The declaration which I will make is as follows: "The Defendant does have a discretion to backdate the registration date of an applicant's application under the Housing Allocation Scheme for the reasons given in the judgment at paragraphs 67-72. The Defendant acted unlawfully by failing to consider exercising their discretion in response to the Claimant's request."
SK, R (On the Application Of) v Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead [2024] EWHC 158 (Admin) (31 January 2024 failure of statutory duty to carry out housing needs assessment
Housing - noise and smell
Application of Premises Closure Order
ZR entered the UK as an asylum seeker and was given refugee status.
Whether priority housing challenge/
Change of practice by Home Office
Shorr & Anor v London Borough of Camden (HOUSING - FINANCIAL PENALTY - unlicensed HMO owned by spouses but let and generally managed by wife
– 4 penalties imposed on each spouse for failure to license
and other management offences
– whether LH authority policy interpreted correctly
– totality principle – treatment of joint owners
– ss. 72, 249A, 263 Housing Act
2004 – Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regs 2006 – appeal
allowed in part
