News
July 7, 2020Success for Sarah Salmon and Christopher McCarthy in the Court of Appeal – Jarvis v Evans – landlord licensing in Wales
The Court of Appeal has held that a section 8, Housing Act 1988 notice served by a landlord is a “notice to terminate a tenancy” and if such a notice is served by a landlord who is unlicensed in Wales, it is invalid.
Sarah Salmon and Christopher McCarthy acted pro bono for the successful tenants instructed by Hugh James.
June 24, 2020Christine Cooper defends local authority in unusual judicial review brought on behalf of child with tracheostomy
The claimant argued that the local authority had a freestanding power to provide healthcare under s. 1 of the Localism Act 2011. The local authority argued it was able to provide healthcare under s. 75 of the NHS Act 2006 in partnership with the NHS and could not exercise the general power in s. 1 of the 2011 Act to circumvent the existing statutory scheme.
Articles
July 7, 2020Localism Act power does not enable a local authority to provide health services
In a judgment handed down today in the case of R (JP) v NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group & the London Borough of Croydon [2020] EWHC 1470 (Admin), Mostyn, J described a claim that the local authority could provide tracheostomy care for a child pursuant to the general power of competence in s. 1 of the Localism Act 2011 as ‘misconceived’.
July 7, 2020Jarvis v Evans – landlord licensing in Wales
The Court of Appeal has held that a section 8, Housing Act 1988 notice served by a landlord is a “notice to terminate a tenancy” and if such a notice is served by a landlord who is unlicensed in Wales, it is invalid.
Sarah Salmon and Christopher McCarthy acted pro bono for the successful tenants instructed by Hugh James.
Events
July 15, 2020Webinar: Disrepair, EPA and access in a Covid-19 worldThe COVID-19 emergency and lockdown has affected us all. It has led to extreme measures from Government relating to landlords and tenants, most notably the stay on possession proceedings. But the obligations owed (by both landlords and tenants) relating to the state of repair in the property remain.