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Sarah Waller

Challenging Thurrock Council’s Relocation Decision

Multiple challenges to Thurrock Council’s decision to send a family 280 miles away through Reloc8 We brought several urgent cases...

Sarah Waller

Winning Judicial Review Against Home Office Housing Decision

Judicial review success against Home Office reneging on decision to accommodate activist safely This case involved an urgent application for...

William Ford

Unlawful Eviction and Tenant Re-Entry Success Case

Wrongful eviction from HMO: Court orders re-entry for tenant This case involved an application for re-entry after an eviction had...

William Ford

Council Unlawfully Assesses Disabled Child’s Housing Needs

Local Authority fails to lawfully assess the housing needs of a single mother and her disabled child This case involved...

Rahul Kanani

High Court Rules in Favour of Former Relevant...

‘Significant Unfairness’ and ‘Unlawfulness’: High Court Takes Exceptional Step of Directing Local Authority to Exercise Discretion to Treat Claimant as...

Edward Taylor

Trapped No More: High Court Orders Tower Hamlets...

The High Court has ordered Tower Hamlets to provide suitable accommodation to a homeless disabled woman whom it had left...

Rahul Kanani

Asylum-Seeking Child Wins Age Dispute Court Case Against...

Vulnerable unaccompanied asylum-seeking child vindicated in relation to his age following four day hearing in damming judgment against Local Authority...

Edward Taylor

Torbay Council Fined £8,400 for Failing Child’s Needs

Torbay Council ordered to pay £8,400 for year-long neglect of child’s needs The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman has...

Rahul Kanani

Age Re-Assessment Ordered by High Court

‘Illogical’ and ‘unlawful’: High Court rules in favour of unaccompanied asylum-seeker against Local Authority On 16 April 2025, His Honour Judge Dight...

Adele Pinkett

Significant Damages Secured in Disrepair Case

Significant Damages for Disrepair secured following breach of Court Order Our client approached Osbornes Law having previously brought a disrepair...

William Ford

Osbornes Wins Judicial Review on Legal Aid Fees

Osbornes successful in judicial review of Lord Chancellor over legal aid fees for Welfare Benefits On 28 January 2025 the High Court...

Edward Taylor

Osbornes Law Secures Mental Health Support for Asylum...

Home office backs down over decision to deny mental health support to suicidal torture victim seeking asylum The Home Office...

Edward Taylor

Disabled Woman Wins £34,000 Benefits Case

The Background to the Case In 2019 Ramona Cerbu was crossing the road when she was hit by a car and...

Edward Taylor

DWP Exposed for £32,000 Underpayment of Disability Benefits

Osbornes Law has assisted a vulnerable client to recover underpaid disability benefits totalling over £32,000. Our client, a disabled young man,...

Edward Taylor

Gatekept homeless teenager accommodated by local housing authority

Miss X, a 17 year old whose details are anonymised to protect her privacy, left her family home in March 2022 following...

Edward Taylor

Homelessness case successfully settled for elderly disabled lady

Ms X, whose details are anonymised to protect her privacy, had been living in a privately rented one-bedroom flat for...

Adele Pinkett

Disrepair Claim for Single Father

Background to the Claim Osbornes Law represented a private tenant, a single father living with his young son in their...

Adele Pinkett

Client successfully rehoused following refusal by local authority

Background to the case Osbornes Law represented a client who had been found intentionally homeless by his local authority. He...

Sean Hughes

Client rehoused and £16,000 arrears cleared

Osbornes Law were instructed to assist a client to suspend a warrant for possession. The client had fallen into arrears...

Edward Taylor

Victory for Homeless Victim

Mr X, whose details are anonymised to protect his privacy, fled his home country due to severe persecution from the...

William Ford

Successful homelessness judicial review case against Redbridge Council

This matter involved a claim in the High Court for judicial review against Redbridge Council for failure to comply with...

William Ford

Family Unlawfully Evicted Receives Damages of £22,000

Case Summary: Unlawful Eviction Claim Against Private Landlord This matter involved an unlawful eviction claim brought by our clients against...

Man is making audit of household expenses

William Ford

Success in Court of Appeal in child disability...

The Court of Appeal has today handed judgment in the case of Harrington v Secretary of State for Work and...

Churchill Gardens neighborhood in Pimlico

William Ford

High Court finds Westminster Council’s Housing Scheme...

Westminster City Council’s housing allocation scheme found to be unlawful The High Court has today handed down judgment finding...

William Ford

Housing allocation case questions lawfulness of council’s...

Until February 2022, the social housing allocation scheme for the London Borough of Newham allowed people who lived outside the borough...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Claim for Leaking Pipe

Our solicitors at Osbornes Law successfully assisted a client in resolving a severe disrepair claim involving water leaks, damp, and...

DATE OF BIRTH close up on a printed form

Alex McMahon

Vulnerable child wrongly assessed to be an adult

Upper Tribunal finds a vulnerable child to be 17 years old despite two flawed local authority age assessments which led to...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Due To Persistent Dampness

Serious disrepair issues Our solicitors at Osbornes Law have successfully settled a disrepair claim on behalf of a local authority...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Claim for Disabled Tenant

Background to the Case Osbornes Law were instructed by a disabled tenant who had been decanted from her temporary accommodation...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Against Local Authority

Successful Claim of Disrepair Against Local Authority Osbornes Law, has successfully settled a significant housing disrepair claim on behalf of...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Claim in Notting Hill

Successful settlement of Housing Disrepair Claim William Ford, a partner in Osbornes Law’s Housing and Social Care Department, has...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Claim for Vulnerable Family

Our solicitors at Osbornes Law successfully assisted a client in resolving a challenging housing disrepair claim involving severe damp, leaks,...

William Ford

Housing Disrepair Claim for Structural Damage

Our solicitors successfully represented a client in a disrepair claim against a landlord involving structural damage and severe damp in...