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Genevieve Screeche-Powell acted for the local authority that successfully defended a s. 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal brought by a homeless applicant. This is the 1st time that the Court of Appeal has had to consider the nature and impact of the s. 189A Housing Act duties on the lawful performance of the s.195 prevention duty in section 204 appeal proceedings.
Robert Sharp summarises a judgment for Family Law Week about a child's application to discharge a care order granted 10 months earlier. The court dismissed the application and maintained the order, but in doing so made pointed comments about the local authority’s failures to implement the agreed care plan.
Hot on the heels of the Court of Appeal decision in Lowe v The Governors of Sutton's Hospital In Charterhouse, the county court decision in Macintyre v Cowdray Trust Ltd and Rathbones Trust Company provides encouragement to both landlords and tenants on the thorny issue of tenancy deposits. Aristide Hoang-Brown considers how the judgment impacts landlord and tenant advisers.