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Whether the High Court may authorise unregulated placements for children under 16 from 9 September 2021 (Tameside MBC v AM and others)

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Whether the High Court may authorise unregulated placements for children under 16 from 9 September 2021 (Tameside MBC v AM and others)

Education law—Secretary of State unable to recover tuition fees under the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 (SS Education v CCP Graduate School Ltd)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Education law—Secretary of State unable to recover tuition fees under the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 (SS Education v CCP Graduate School Ltd)

Local Government weekly highlights—16 September 2021

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Who examines the examiners? (AB, Petitioner)

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Who examines the examiners? (AB, Petitioner)

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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

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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

Practice notes

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

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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

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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Regulation 45 Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015(MEES Regs 2015) provides that the amount of an unpaid financial penalty is recoverable from the landlord of domestic or non-domestic property as a debt owed to the enforcement authority. Which court and what process should be used?

Regulation 45 Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015(MEES Regs 2015) provides that the amount of an unpaid...

24th Aug

Practice notes

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)—sanctions

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)—sanctionsEnforcement of the HMO licensing regime is the responsibility of the local housing authority (LHA) of...

16th Aug

Q&As

In the context of a relationship split, where one party leaves the property but remains the legal owner and their former partner remains in the property initially with agreement but subsequently rents the property out without the knowledge of the legal owner, could the legal owner be prosecuted for houses in multiple occupation offences?

In the context of a relationship split, where one party leaves the property but remains the legal owner and their former partner remains in the...

15th Aug

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What is the time limit for prosecuting a defendant for failing to have a licence for a house in multiple occupation?

What is the time limit for prosecuting a defendant for failing to have a licence for a house in multiple occupation?Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (HA...

15th Aug

Practice notes

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)‘HMOs are, or are usually, domestic premises originally designed for occupation by one family, which have been...

15th Aug

Q&As

How does the decision of Herefordshire Council v Rohde [2016] UKUT 39 (LC) clarify how a local authority's declaration as to whether a property is a house in multiple occupation (HMO) is challenged?

How does the decision of Herefordshire Council v Rohde [2016] UKUT 39 (LC) clarify how a local authority's declaration as to whether a property is a...

15th Aug

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Can a local authority prevent habitation of a property if the final Building Control Certificate/Certificate of Completion of Works has not yet been issued?

Can a local authority prevent habitation of a property if the final Building Control Certificate/Certificate of Completion of Works has not yet been...

Produced in partnership with Rosalind Andrews of Harrison Clark Rickerbys 15th Aug

Q&As

When assessing suitability of accommodation pursuant to the discharge of its housing duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, which provisions under Parts IX and X and of the Housing Act 1985, and Parts 1–4 of the Housing Act 2004 must a local housing authority consider?

When assessing suitability of accommodation pursuant to the discharge of its housing duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, which provisions under...

Produced in partnership with Kevin Long of Lambeth Law Centre 15th Aug

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Is there a statute, case law or any other authority that provides the definition for a ‘council housing estate’?

Is there a statute, case law or any other authority that provides the definition for a ‘council housing estate’?The term ‘council housing estate’There...

Produced in partnership with Alexander Campbell of Field Court Chambers 15th Aug

Q&As

Prior to the coming into force of the Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018, SI 2018/221, when was Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 house in multiple occupation licence required?

Prior to the coming into force of the Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018, SI 2018/221, when was...

15th Aug

Q&As

If improvement notices are appealed against in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT), and the local authority withdraws them by consequence, does this automatically discontinue the FTT proceedings and what is likely to happen in relation to legal costs?

If improvement notices are appealed against in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT), and the local authority withdraws them by...

15th Aug

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Can a landlord/agent enter the common parts of houses in multiple occupation without notice to carry out repairs or show potential tenants an empty room? Would the position change if some tenants had a joint assured shorthold tenancy for exclusive possession of certain rooms as well as the ability to use common areas?

Can a landlord/agent enter the common parts of houses in multiple occupation without notice to carry out repairs or show potential tenants an empty...

15th Aug

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Acting for the buyer of an HMO, where the seller has a valid HMO licence, what additional legal requirements are there?

Acting for the buyer of an HMO, where the seller has a valid HMO licence, what additional legal requirements are there?The Housing Act 2004 prescribes...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 15th Aug

Q&As

If a local housing authority obtains an IMO/FMO under the Housing Act 2004, can it evict any tenants currently in occupation (subject the grounds being made out—eg non-payment of rent, works required or because the property is in an unsafe condition). Alternatively, if the property is in an unsafe condition and a prohibition order has been served and not complied with, is there any basis upon which the LA can evict tenants from the unsafe property?

If a local housing authority obtains an IMO/FMO under the Housing Act 2004, can it evict any tenants currently in occupation (subject the grounds...

15th Aug

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What defences (if any) can be raised to prosecution for alleged offences contrary to sections 72(1) and 234(3) of the Housing Act 2004?

What defences (if any) can be raised to prosecution for alleged offences contrary to sections 72(1) and 234(3) of the Housing Act 2004?Section 72(1)...

15th Aug

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What duties does an environmental health officer have in relation to the housing health and safety rating system? What powers of enforcement do they have?

What duties does an environmental health officer have in relation to the housing health and safety rating system? What powers of enforcement do they...

Produced in partnership with Alexander Campbell of Field Court Chambers 15th Aug

Q&As

Under what section of legislation can a landlord gain entry for an electrical safety inspection and a general inspection of the property when the tenant has not signed the secure tenancy agreement? Alternatively, can you rely on the clauses of the secure tenancy if this was not signed as they would be deemed to have an implied secure tenancy?

Under what section of legislation can a landlord gain entry for an electrical safety inspection and a general inspection of the property when the...

15th Aug

Q&As

What enforcement action can a local authority take against a property owner wilfully leaving food to attract rats and causing problems for neighbouring properties? If the local authority suspects the property owner has mental health issues, does that change the action to be taken?

What enforcement action can a local authority take against a property owner wilfully leaving food to attract rats and causing problems for...

15th Aug

Q&As

What can a local authority (LA) do to ensure that works are carried out in respect of a category 1 or category 2 hazard under the Housing Act 2004, where the landlord has not complied with notices to undertake the works yet has obstructed the LA in carrying out the works?

What can a local authority (LA) do to ensure that works are carried out in respect of a category 1 or category 2 hazard under the Housing Act 2004,...

Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Gatehouse Chambers 15th Aug

Q&As

What is the difference between a local authority and a local housing authority?

What is the difference between a local authority and a local housing authority?What is a local authority?A local authority (LA) is the general term we...

Produced in partnership with Elizabeth England 15th Aug

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Whether the High Court may authorise unregulated placements for children under 16 from 9 September 2021 (Tameside MBC v AM and others)

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Local Government weekly highlights—16 September 2021

Who examines the examiners? (AB, Petitioner)

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Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

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Reversionary lease by reference

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

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