The King crossed the threshold – forced entry injunctions
Taylor Clark Ltd v Mohamed (unreported, Central London County Court, 5 March 2026) (note of case here via Falcon Chambers) This was a count court hearing, before DJ Le Bas, in which the issue of...
View ArticleA Vague and Approximate Landlord and a County Court Conditions Counterclaim
Here is a recent housing conditions case that actually reached trial. A rent arrears possession claim with a disrepair counterclaim. N’Guessan & Anor v Bewry (2026) EWCC 9. I’m not entirely clear...
View ArticleA can of (joint and several) worms – Rent Repayment Orders
122 Widdenham Road, London N7 9SQ, LON/00AU/HMF/2025/0753. (Copy of Decision) This was a final decision in a rent repayment order application brought by (some of) the tenants of 122 Widdenham Road...
View ArticleEvicted while on holiday – County Court unlawful eviction claim.
Our grateful thanks to Radhika Shah of Harrow Law Centre for this note of a judgment in an unlawful eviction case, with a substantial damages award. Zeinab Al Khafaji -v- Mr Dixit Shah – Claim no....
View ArticleRent (and when it isn’t).
Phillips & Anor v Garraway (2026) EWCA Civ 55 This is a curious second appeal of a possession order. It was the tenant’s appeal, as the first appeal had upheld the possession order. The background...
View ArticleWhen your landlord’s landlord is your landlord (and a bit of procedural...
El-Mouka v (1) Ramsy Property Ltd (2) Home Connect Ltd. Romford County Court, 8th August 2025 (note of judgment here) This was a County Court appeal against a possession order and a refusal to stay...
View ArticleAnd I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – changing deposit schemes
Ameera Macintyre v Cowdray Trust Limited and Rathbones Trust Company Limited (2025) EWCC 54 A County Court appeal to a Circuit Judge from a first instance decision on a possession claim based on a...
View ArticleTales from the Housing Conditions Wars. Part 2
The second of a series of reports on County Court judgements in housing conditions claims – on what might be called procedural and costs wars. The first, focused on expert evidence and the pre-action...
View ArticleTales from the Housing Conditions wars. Part 1
Lancastle v Curo Group (Albion) Limited (2025) EWCC 48 This is a judgment on application in two joined cases, Lancastle v Curo Group and Bailey & Bennet v Curo Places. In each, the defendant...
View ArticleNot How to Rent
Sanghera v Osagiede & Osagiede. Dartford County Court. 23 November 2023. (Unreported elsewhere. We were sent a copy of the judgment, which is here.) This was a County Court appeal to a Circuit...
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On the Naughty Step – a “gratuity for us being fantastic landlords”. Landlord...
It has been a while, but today felt like the right time to revive the tradition of the NL Naughty Step, prompted by a First Tier Tribunal decision on a rent repayment order application. This is the...
View ArticleCatching Up… Part 2
More notes on cases and matters from before, during and after my holiday, in a frantic attempt to get up to date. More to come… The draft Awaab’s Law regulations – The Hazards in Social Housing...
View ArticleCatching up… Part 1
The holiday was lovely, thank you. A couple of degrees hotter than the UK, but with a) the sea 45 seconds from my bed, and b) air conditioned rooms. But it left quite a lot to catch up on of previous...
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“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” ― Sun Tzu The other day, this brief article was brought to my attention (full version for subscribers only and I’m not...
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Jeffrey v Teevan (2025) EWCC 24 This is the County Court appeal of an order setting aside default judgment and a default costs order. There is a big ‘twist in the tale’, as the Circuit Judge puts it,...
View ArticleThe Yeovil Imbroglio
Cawley & Cawley v Abdri Group Limited. Yeovil County Court. 5 February 2025. (Copy of Judgment) This is something of a companion piece to the two judgments in Bristol we noted here, being also a...
View ArticleBristol fashion – housing conditions claims
I’ve been passed a couple of judgments in housing conditions claims at Bristol County Court, one a contested allocation decision, the other on an application for a stay. They are both interesting, but...
View ArticleOddities and Ends
Sorry for the silence, while the cases to write up have piled up. It has been a busy stretch in and out of work… More thorough write-ups of some cases will follow, but for now, a few brief notes on...
View ArticleOn corrections and registers of landlords and tenants
First, an apology for yesterday’s post/email. I paused to eat half way through writing, and on re-starting completely confused my Cs and Ls as to claimant/appellant and defendant/respondent. As a...
View ArticleDidn’t bother trying to find her. She’s not there.
Lumsden v Charles (2025) EWCC 7 A county court appeal in a tenancy deposit penalty claim, which is both a catalogue of ‘you don’t want to do it like that’, and has a significant point on the operation...
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