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14.11.2022 | 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...

5.8.2022 | William Ford

On 18 February 2022 the High Court dismissed the case brought by Osbornes on behalf of 4 claimants challenging the governments failure to...

14.7.2022 |

This year the litigation team at Osbornes attended the 20th anniversary of the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2022 (“LALY 2022”)...

16.5.2022 | Muna Adam

Judgment was handed down on 04 May 2022 in the Court of Appeal in an important case regarding the main housing duty....

12.4.2022 | Alex McMahon

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

5.11.2021 | William Ford

Homeless teenager claims victory for more than 1,200 homeless people after forcing council to overturn unlawful housing policy A homeless teenager...

3.9.2021 | William Ford

A homeless teenager is taking a London council to the High Court for ‘unlawfully’ banning hundreds of homeless people from...

19.8.2021 | William Ford

Following an investigation by ITV nearly 500 homes in the Eastfields Estate in Mitcham, south London, owned by the housing association...

14.5.2021 | Alex McMahon

Last year I set out in two blogs the amendments implemented by the Government in the procedure for residential possession ...

14.5.2021 | Alex McMahon

On 04th May 2020 I posted a blog about tenants’ rights during the pandemic. Since then there have been a number...