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This Practice Note deals with eligibility for allocation of housing accommodation by local housing authorities in England and Wales). It identifies circumstances an applicant will not be eligible for an allocation of social housing which in England relate exclusively to immigration status. In Wales, there is an additional category of unacceptable behaviour that may exclude an applicant from eligibility for an allocation of social housing.

This Practice Note covers the qualification for allocation of housing by a local housing authority (LHA) in England which was introduced by the Localism Act 2011 into the Housing Act 1996. It does not apply in Wales. It covers the general provisions applicable to allocation, the extra considerations in relation to the armed forces, the right to move and the interrelationship between the various considerations.

This Practice Note covers false imprisonment generally and in the personal injury context. It discusses liability, limitation, causes of action, procedure and damages.

This Practice Note focuses on the eligibility of applicants for housing assistance under the homelessness provisions of Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (HA 1996) in England, and Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (H(W)A 2014) in Wales. It covers decision making on eligibility, when the question should be determined. It also discusses who is eligible for housing assistance and who is not and the matters to be taken into consideration when determining the issue.

This Practice Note deals with the tort of misfeasance and the ingredients of the tort, where the tortfeasor is a public officer, the requirement for the tortfeasor to have exercised power as a public officer at the time of the relevant action and to have acted (or failed to act) in bad faith, the requirement for the public officer to have known at the time that the act would probably harm somebody, causation, the requirement for damage and vicarious liability.

This Q&A considers how to ensure that the beneficial interest in land of a deceased tenant in common can be overreached where title to the property remained registered in the name of the deceased and the trustees/personal representatives of the surviving tenant in common who has now died, wish to sell the property.