Housing Bulletins

November 2004

"In March this year we reported on the judgement in Bowen v Bridgend County Borough Council & Others. In that case the court ruled on costs claims in 11 disrepair cases. All the claims were funded by Conditional Fee Agreements..."

July 2004

"Part 2 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 came into force on 30 June 2004. The Act gives local authorities, housing action trusts and social landlords registered with the Housing Corporation new powers to deal with anti-social behaviour."

March 2004

"The cynical view of disrepair claims is that they can be more about costs than repairs. It is not unusual to be faced with very large claims for costs from tenants’ solicitors even in cases where damages are low..."

January 2004

"It is not unknown for a tenant to give notice to quit and then withdraw the notice and stay in the property. In this situation is the landlord obliged to allow the tenant to stay and does the tenant retain security of tenure?"