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Supreme Court decision on age assessment of asylum seekers (BF (Eritrea) v SSHD)

The following Immigration news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Supreme Court decision on age assessment of asylum seekers (BF (Eritrea) v SSHD)

Request for transfer of jurisdiction in public law proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention

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Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

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Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

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Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards AuthorityWhat is the Professional Standards Authority?The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees the work of the UK’s...

Reversionary lease by reference

LR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title Number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title number(s)[title numbers out of which this Lease is granted. Leave blank if not...

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in ScotlandHow do EPCs apply to commercial property in Scotland?This Practice Note...

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Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...

Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakersCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been...

Produced in partnership with Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors Ltd and Alistair Frew of Lodders LLP 19th May

Practice notes

Off-street parking orders

Off-street parking ordersSTOP PRESS: the Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017 came into force on 27 June 2017 and has introduced a change to...

19th May

Practice notes

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...

Produced in partnership with 5RB 19th May

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How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgments

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgmentsThis Practice Note concerns provisions of the CPR and related legislation (The Tribunals, Courts...

19th May

Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

Brexit

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What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...

19th May

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What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on service of NOSP or on granting of the eviction order?

What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on...

Produced in partnership with Alex Campbell of Field Court Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

Call-off procedures under framework agreements

Call-off procedures under framework agreementsBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...

Produced in partnership with Mr Andrew Millross of Anthony Collins Solicitors 19th May

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Demoted tenancies

Demoted tenanciesCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the courts and tribunals...

19th May

Practice notes

Assignment and succession of tenancy

Assignment and succession of tenancyCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the...

Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

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Sexual entertainment licensing

Sexual entertainment licensingWhat is a sex establishmentThe Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982 (as amended) (LG(MP)A 1982) creates...

Produced in partnership with Chris Grunert of John Gaunt Solicitors 19th May

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The standstill period

The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...

Produced in partnership with Lee Digings of Lee Digings Associates 19th May

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Child protection conferences

Child protection conferencesPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The law in Wales in this area is...

Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 19th May

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Teacher serious misconduct in England

Teacher serious misconduct in EnglandCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...

19th May

Practice notes

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the...

Produced in partnership with Shazia Akhtar of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

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Practice notes

Allocation—eligibility

Allocation—eligibilityCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, in collaboration with Public Health England,...

Produced in partnership with Mathew McDermott of 42 Bedford Row and Iris Ferber of 42 Bedford Row 4th Aug

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Homelessness—eligibility

Homelessness—eligibilityCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, in collaboration with Public Health England,...

Produced in partnership with Iris Ferber of 42 Bedford Row 4th Aug

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Homelessness—priority need for accommodation

Homelessness—priority need for accommodationCoronavirus (COVID-19): On 29 June 2020, MHCLG issued an update to the statutory Homelessness code of...

Produced in partnership with Lucie Bryan of Walker Morris and Elizabeth England, Barrister 4th Aug

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—implications for property

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—implications for propertyThis Practice Note introduces the key implications that property practitioners should consider in...

3rd Aug

COVID-19

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Practice notes

Residential—statutory limitations on recovery of service charges and administration charges

Residential—statutory limitations on recovery of service charges and administration chargesStatute limits the amount that may be recovered from...

3rd Aug

Practice notes

Commercial service charges—what expenses can the landlord recover?

Commercial service charges—what expenses can the landlord recover?Repair and improvementsA tenant will not generally be expected to pay for the...

3rd Aug

Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—social housing tracker

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—social housing trackerThis tracker is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary...

3rd Aug

COVID-19

Q&As

Is there anything in the right to buy regime that prohibits a private arrangement whereby an individual funds the purchase price in return for acquiring the beneficial interest in the property subject to the legal owners right to remain in the property rent free?

Is there anything in the right to buy regime that prohibits a private arrangement whereby an individual funds the purchase price in return for...

3rd Aug

Practice notes

Assured and assured shorthold tenancies—granting

Assured and assured shorthold tenancies—grantingCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure...

2nd Aug

In-house

Practice notes

Housing and Planning Act 2016—rogue landlords and property agents

Housing and Planning Act 2016—rogue landlords and property agentsPart 2 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) implements various measures to...

2nd Aug

Q&As

What rights of entry do landlords have in relation to checking and repairing utility appliances?

What rights of entry do landlords have in relation to checking and repairing utility appliances?Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations...

1st Aug

Q&As

If within a care home, there are several members of staff living there, each on individual assured shorthold tenancies, does the House in Multiple Occupation exemption which applies to care homes extend to the staff as well as to the service users?

If within a care home, there are several members of staff living there, each on individual assured shorthold tenancies, does the House in Multiple...

Produced in partnership with Josephine Henderson of Five Paper Buildings 1st Aug

Q&As

Does a parish council (not being an eligible council under the Localism Act 2011) have the power, when agreeing to transfer council property to a developer, to secure deferred consideration by a taking a legal charge over the property?

Does a parish council (not being an eligible council under the Localism Act 2011) have the power, when agreeing to transfer council property to a...

1st Aug

Q&As

When can a commercial landlord re-enter to remedy a breach of a lease?

When can a commercial landlord re-enter to remedy a breach of a lease?Is there an implied right of re-entry?There is no implied right to re-enter...

1st Aug

Q&As

Could you confirm what contracts must be used at a sale of auction and provide precedents; Can you confirm whether a council can refuse to grant a lease extension where there are outstanding service charges? A leaseholder wishes to purchase the remaining 50% shared equity from the council, do you have a precedent contract and transfer?

Could you confirm what contracts must be used at a sale of auction and provide precedents; Can you confirm whether a council can refuse to grant a...

1st Aug

Q&As

Can a local authority be compelled to take action against the owner of a property who has allowed accumulation of waste in their garden causing a rat infestation which plagues neighbouring properties? What can the neighbours do to get the rubbish removed?

Can a local authority be compelled to take action against the owner of a property who has allowed accumulation of waste in their garden causing a rat...

Produced in partnership with Elizabeth England 1st Aug

Q&As

What are the eligibility requirements of low cost discounted market housing?

What are the eligibility requirements of low cost discounted market housing?Low cost discounted market housingWe refer you to Practice Note:...

1st Aug

Q&As

Can a council and tenant agree to extend the 14-day period under section 125B(1) of the Housing Act 1996?

Can a council and tenant agree to extend the 14-day period under section 125B(1) of the Housing Act 1996?An introductory tenancy is a probationary...

Produced in partnership with Kevin Long of Hackney Community Law Centre 1st Aug

Q&As

Where a Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 contracted out head lease is granted of mixed use property, the residential element is lawfully underlet on an assured shorthold tenancy and the head lease then falls away, if the head landlord is a local authority and local housing authority, what type of tenancy would be created in these circumstances and what are the termination options available to it?

Where a Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 contracted out head lease is granted of mixed use property, the residential element is lawfully underlet on an...

Produced in partnership with Kevin Long of Hackney Law Centre 1st Aug

Q&As

In order for a section 21 notice to be invalid, do all the elements set out in the Deregulation Act 2015, section 33(2) (retaliatory evictions) have to be met, or is it sufficient that any one of them is met?

In order for a section 21 notice to be invalid, do all the elements set out in the Deregulation Act 2015, section 33(2) (retaliatory evictions) have...

1st Aug

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Supreme Court decision on age assessment of asylum seekers (BF (Eritrea) v SSHD)

Request for transfer of jurisdiction in public law proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention

Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

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Reversionary lease by reference

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