When the Supreme Court handed down their recent decision in Lee v Ashers Baking Co Ltd, there was an outcry from many. How could what happened not be discrimination? The Appeal Mr Lee had approached Ashers Bakery intending to use its customised ‘Build-a-Cake’ service. He wanted a cake decorated with an image of the cartoon […]
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Alexander Campbell considers the High Court’s decision in Curo Places Ltd v Walker [2018] EWHC 2462 (QB) Introduction Grounds for possession of an assured tenancy are either mandatory or discretionary. That distinction is, of course, basic and well known. Nevertheless, however well-established that distinction is, it can be easy for landlords and lawyers to lose […]
Field Court are delighted to be sponsors of the Social Housing Law Association’s Annual Conference celebrating the role of women in social housing law and practice. Sarah Salmon and Alex Campbell of Field Court Chambers join an impressive line-up of speakers and members of our housing team look forward to seeing clients at the event on […]
We have welcomed two new practitioners to Field Court Chambers in September. Sarah McKeown specialises in housing and public law in both England and Wales. She appears regularly for, and advises, homeless applicants and public authorities in homelessness appeals, including second appeal and judicial review claims. Sarah also appears in the Court of Protection and […]
I have been keeping a close eye on this one, for reasons which will be obvious if you read the judgment! The jurisdiction of the Land Registration Division of the FtT is limited by the scope of ‘the matter’ referred to it by HM Land Registry. HHJ Dight’s decision in Murdoch v Amesbury [2016] UKUT […]
David Brounger considers the case of Paragon Asra Housing Limited v. Neville [2018] EWCA 1712 in which the Court of Appeal decided that where a Court had concluded that it was reasonable to make a suspended possession order in the face of a disability discrimination defence, there was no requirement for a reconsideration of the […]
Alexander Campbell considers the judgment in The Queen on the application of Mr Peter Gaskin v LB Richmond Upon Thames [2018] EWHC 1996 (Admin). In that decision the Administrative Court decided that the Claimant, Mr Peter Gaskin, was providing a service within the meaning of EU law by the private letting of accommodation. Accordingly the […]
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 […]
The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the case of Williams v Hackney ; a case in which the local authority had accommodated 8 children under s. 20 of the Children Act 1989 in circumstances which the parents argued had infringed their rights under Article 8 of the ECHR. The Supreme Court has […]
Hopes were high that the Supreme Court’s judgment in Pimlico Plumbers would provide definitive guidance for practitioners advising clients who are involved in the gig economy. However, whilst the case undoubtedly provides some helpful instruction, the court resisted the opportunity to fully explore and provide definitive guidance as to the approach to take in this […]