NEWS
Dec 12, 2019
Birmingham landlord fined £20k after breaching housing regulations
A Birmingham landlord has been fined nearly £20,000 after pleading guilty to failing to obtain a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence and to 13 breaches of HMO Management Regulations.
Dec 11, 2019
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by council over bid to include cost of supervising driver conduct in fees for taxi and PHV vehicle licences
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a council’s appeal over whether it acted unlawfully when it resolved to fix the fees for vehicle licences for taxis and private hire vehicles at an amount which included recovery of all or part of the cost of supervising the conduct of drivers licensed to drive such vehicles.
Dec 02, 2019
Council secures £400k+ confiscation order against landlord over house in multiple occupation with 15 tenants
Joint action by Hillingdon Council’s planning enforcement and trading standards teams has seen a Hayes landlord ordered to pay more than £430,000 after she turned her property into an illegal House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
Nov 29, 2019
Council submits £130m claims in High Court bid to recover costs under housing estate maintenance PFI
Camden Council has submitted claims to the High Court to recover costs from the contractor PFIC (Partners for Improvement in Camden) and its principal subcontractors, who previously had responsibility for refurbishment and maintenance of the Chalcots Estate, under a private finance initiative agreement.
Nov 28, 2019
Met Police agrees to delete information after referral of primary school age child under Prevent programme
The Metropolitan Police has agreed to delete information relating to a referral of a primary school age child under the government’s Prevent programme, and other referring authorities have also agreed to correct and delete the relevant records.
Nov 28, 2019
Resident fails in Court of Appeal challenge to anti-social behaviour injunction
A resident of a housing association in London has failed in a Court of Appeal challenge over an injunction restraining him from committing anti-social behaviour.
Nov 27, 2019
Battle over Cabinet decision to retro-fit sprinkler systems on tower blocks at cost of £19m heads to Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has given a local resident permission to appeal a High Court ruling on the lawfulness of a decision by the Cabinet at Birmingham City Council to fund – at a cost of £19m – the retro-fitting of sprinkler systems to all the tower blocks it owns.
Nov 26, 2019
Camden Council obtains first rogue landlord banning order in London
Camden Council is reported to have obtained London’s first rogue landlord banning order against a man who repeatedly placed tenants’ lives at risk through letting unsafe housing.
Nov 26, 2019
High Court judge says injunctions against street protests over teaching of “LGBT issues” at Birmingham school must continue
Injunctions restricting street protests over an infant and junior school’s teaching of “LGBT issues” should remain in place, a High Court judge has ruled.
Nov 25, 2019
Uber London “not fit and proper” to hold private hire operator licence, TfL concludes
Transport for London (TfL) has decided not to grant Uber London Limited (Uber) a new private hire operator's licence after concluding the company was “not fit and proper”.
Nov 22, 2019
Council in breach of Home Standard for fire and electrical safety, regulator finds
Runnymede Borough Council has breached the Home Standard for fire and electrical safety, the Regulator for Social Housing has said.
Nov 18, 2019
London council to take battle over borough-wide injunction and camping on open spaces to Court of Appeal next month
The Court of Appeal will next month (3 December) hear an appeal by Bromley Council over the High Court’s refusal to extend an interim injunction prohibiting camping on 171 open spaces and car parks in the borough.