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Court of Appeal finds local authority social housing allocation scheme unlawfully discriminates on the basis of race.
The case of R (Gullu) v the London Borough of Hillingdon and R(Teresa Ward and others) v the London Borough of Hillingdon [2019] EWCA Civ 692 was handed down today by the Court of Appeal and involved a legal challenge brought by Osbornes Law to the London Borough of Hillingdon’s social housing Allocation Scheme. A […]
Read MoreOsbornes lawyer speaks out on Councils’ reliance on controversial medical reports in housing cases
Edward Taylor, housing and community care solicitor spoke to Hackney Citizen who has been investigation this council’s relationship with an outsourced medical company. Edward Taylor, housing and community care solicitor at Osbornes, said: “NowMedical comes up all the time. Every single local authority that I’ve seen uses them, and the reports are so brief. “In […]
Read MoreTenant Fees Act 2019 – Landlords & Letting Agents be Warned
On 12 February 2019, the Tenant Fees Bill received Royal Assent and comes into effect on the 1 June 2019 The Act prevents landlord and letting agents from charging certain fee to tenants and prospective tenants of assured short-hold tenancies and student accommodation in England Wales. For security deposits, if the annual rent is less […]
Read MoreDivorce Law Reforms
You may have read in the papers today Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced much needed changes to our outdated divorce laws. Currently divorcing spouses must rely on one of five ‘facts’ to show their marriage has broken down, three of which place blame at one party’s door and the other two rely on a […]
Read MoreYoung asylum seekers – children being classified as adults
On BBC Newsnight, last night (5 April) reporters revealed young asylum seekers are being incorrectly classified by the Home office as adults when they are children. When they arrive in the UK they are being wrongly assessed and as a consequence not receiving the necessary protections for young people. Helen Johnson, Head of the Refugee […]
Read MoreSHARED PARENTING PLAN
I am often asked by a divorcing client: Do I need an Order recording the arrangements for the children? My answer is: Not if you can agree them. It is preferable however to have something agreed and written down; it could be useful evidence if there was a disagreement later. The Children Act 1989 was […]
Read MoreAPIL Fellow gains further specialist accreditation for brain injury and fatal accident cases
Ben Posford, Head of Catastrophic Injury, Osbornes Law has received further recognition by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) for his specialist personal injury work. He recently gained accreditation for APIL’s brain injury and fatal accident specialist schemes, and Ben has also been confirmed as an assessor for future candidates for both schemes. Commenting […]
Read MoreRogue landlord ordered to pay tenant over £20,000 in compensation
A team of our housing solicitors were successful in a longstanding claim against a rogue landlord concerning a conduct of harassment, non-protection of tenancy deposit and reimbursement of electricity costs. His Honour Judge Luba QC ordered the landlord to pay the tenant damages totalling £20,076 and also his legal costs on the standard basis up […]
Read MoreEMA Decision: Permission Granted to Appeal
On the 1st March the EMA was granted permission to appeal on condition that they continue to comply with their lease obligations pending any appeal. The property sector will therefore need to wait to see if the EMA pursue an appeal and if so, whether their efforts will result in the decision of Judge Marcus […]
Read MoreSolicitor appointed to lead new Travel Litigation team at Osbornes Law
Magdalena Knez joined Osbornes Law on 11 March 2019 to assist the practice with the ongoing development of a Travel Litigation service, dealing with accidents abroad. An experienced personal injury and cross border litigation solicitor, Magdalena will be working alongside Osbornes’ Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian and other foreign language legal teams. She says “My passion […]
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Osbornes lawyer speaks out on Councils’ reliance on controversial medical reports in housing cases https://t.co/8T7LynoCjg
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RT @ResFamilyLaw: Thanks for all the tweets of congratulations. It is a momentous day in our campaign for #NoFaultDivorce
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