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May 19, 2020 Sarah McKeown and Mark Baumohl appointed Deputy District Judges

Sarah McKeown and Mark Baumohl have been appointed as Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern circuit.

January 15, 2020 Mark Baumohl appears in a Court of Appeal case with potential implications for Litigants in Person making homelessness appeals out of time

Mark Baumohl is representing the local authority today in the Court of Appeal case of Al Ahmed v the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The case concerns what constitutes a ‘good reason’ for extending the time limit to file a s. 204 appeal notice under the Housing Act 1996.

October 31, 2019 The importance of bringing a homelessness appeal in time…

Adrian Davis examines the High Court’s decision in Bibi Emambee v The London Borough of Islington [2019] EWHC 2835 (QB), in which Mr Justice Stewart dismissed Ms Emambee’s appeal against the county court judge’s refusal to extend time for bringing a homelessness appeal under section 204(2A) of the Housing Act 1996.

July 25, 2018 Mark Baumohl considers Turner v LB of Ealing [2018] EWHC 1431 (QB) a case concerning a so called “second successor”

Mark Baumohl considers Turner v LB of Ealing [2018] EWHC 1431 (QB) a case concerning a so called “second successor” which, provided that a local authority is mindful of its ongoing duties and is prepared to provide a clear road map for proper consideration of those duties, further underlines the difficulties defendants may have defeating […]

June 10, 2017 Markou v The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, unreported 24 June 2016

When is an Appeal “brought” for the purposes of section 204(2) of the Housing Act 1996 – the importance of filing the grounds of appeal and, if necessary of properly explaining and evidencing the reasons why it was not possible to file an Appellant’s notice and grounds of appeal within the 21 day time limit […]