First Weaver test case to reach court

L&Q takes trio to court over fraud at failed Ujima

London & Quadrant is suing three people charged with defrauding Ujima Housing Association, a court heard on Tuesday.

Court rejects legal challenge to starter tenancies

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a case that threatened to make housing association starter tenancies redundant.

ALMO race discrimination case puts council in dock

An arm’s-length management organisation employee has told an employment tribunal that he faced repeated racial discrimination from colleagues over a seven-year period, between 2003 and 2010, in a landmark legal case.

Appeal court backs landlord over family eviction

A landlord which won the backing of the Court of Appeal to evict a mother of seven following her husband’s conviction for hard drugs, has taken back control of the family home.

Putting the boot in

Cutting tenancies short

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

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

The harassment minefield

Landlords which chase debts reasonably don’t need to fear legal action, says Matthew Lake, solicitor at Weightmans LLP

The certainty rule

Limits on the right to serve notice to quit on tenants with periodic tenancies could be problematic, says Andrew Dymond, barrister at Arden Chambers

A new public right of way?

The government’s latest announcement underpins the trend towards treating housing associations as public bodies. Philip Heath, partner, and Jane Plant, associate, at Weightmans, explain