Councils face increased human rights burden

Flood defences

Six months ago a court ruling opened the floodgates for tenants to challenge their eviction. So is there a deluge of cases on the horizon and what can social landlords do to protect themselves?

'Pinnock' defence tenant loses eviction fight

A housing association has won a court battle to recover possession of one its homes from a tenant claiming the ‘ Pinnock ’ defence.

Human rights court to examine eviction

The European Court of Human Rights is to scrutinise the procedures social landlords use to evict unruly tenants.

Legal fear over new ASB power

Landlords in Wales could face lengthy legal challenges when evicting anti-social tenants if judges are not briefed adequately, according to housing sector representatives.

Up in arms

Cutting tenancies short

The judgement in a starter tenancy possession case is good news for landlords, says Josephine Sharrock, solicitor, Brabners Chaffe Street

A quick solution

A recent case shows landlords should not have to go through a long process when seeking possession, says Ruth Hills

No magic solution

Proposals to make it easier to evict anti-social tenants are unlikely to work, says Angela Jack, barrister at Five Paper

Testing the limits

There’s little to be gained by taking proportionality arguments on evictions to court, says Jane Plant

The mental health maze

Landlords seeking to evict tenants with mental disabilities must tread carefully, says Robert Wassall, head of the social housing sector group at Blake Lapthorn