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This Practice Note explains that under the Housing Act 1985 (HA 1985) a landlord seeking to obtain possession of a property let on a secure tenancy must obtain a court...
‘HMOs are, or are usually, domestic premises originally designed for occupation by one family, which have been converted for occupation by a number of separate families...
The Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014) sets out the framework of local authority duties in relation to the arrangement and funding of social care which replaced the...
The remedies open to social landlords to combat nuisance tenants or those involved with crime have gradually been extended by a series of reforms since the 1985 and 1988...
Local traffic authorities Under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984), as amended, the traffic authorities that may control road traffic on highways are: • the...
The quality of highway maintenance required of those responsible for it depends almost entirely on the expected ordinary traffic on the highway in question. In Brett v...
Highways not maintainable There are some, but very few, highways for which nobody has any liability for maintenance. All other highways are maintainable either at the...
Common law and statute law In relation to highways, the law of nuisance overlaps considerably with the statutory law (mostly in the Highways Act 1980 (HiA 1980)), but the...
Mandatory licensing Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (HA 2004) places a duty on a local housing authority (LHA) to effectively implement mandatory licensing in their...
There are some basic elements of local authorities that tend to be overlooked by new members (councillors) and new officers alike, including lawyers. Structure and...
Legal status of local authorities Superficially, those elected to run a local authority will take decisions as they see fit, according to their electoral mandate, and...
This Practice Note summarises the application, purpose, content and structure of the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003) as it applies to England and Wales. Application of the...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Act 2018 (ST(VDA)A 2018) received Royal Assent on 10 May 2018 and once in force it will require LHAs...
This Practice Note explains what unlawful eviction is, how and when it may arise from a civil and criminal perspective, the civil remedies available and potential...
Street works at common law At common law it is a nuisance to interfere with the surface of a highway. When the nineteenth-century utility companies began work and used...
What is Judicial Review? Judicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over the exercise of public functions by public bodies. This...
