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Successful Suitability Review for someone with sickle cell disorder
Severe medical conditions need to be taken into account when a local authority provides a housing allocation. Where accommodation is unsuitable, this can be challenged by asking the council to review the decision (known as a section 202 suitability review). ...
Read more14.01.2022
Multi-agency cooperation and complex care needs agreed
Case report: [2021] EWCOP 21. As more agencies get involved in a vulnerable person’s care and living arrangements, it can be harder to navigate the fine line between them to reach a solution. Rachel Turner, who is joint head of our mental health ...
Read more12.08.2021
Housing secured after DWP error on Universal Credit
Lawyers from our housing team recently helped a victim of domestic violence to keep her home, after an error by DWP created a threat of eviction. Our client had been a victim of persistent and long-term domestic violence from her ...
Read more30.06.2021
Safeguarding six children from eviction
After accumulating rent arrears of £7,000, a mother of six children faced eviction from her rented property when possession proceedings were commenced in June 2019. Rajea Sultana succeeded in obtaining a suspension to the eviction warrant, covering all the hearings, ...
Read more01.12.2020
Vulnerable adult with Covid-19 saved from sofa surfing
Our client had ended up ‘street homeless’ after leaving an abusive relationship, and she suffered from mental health problems arising from the abuse including PTSD. When the local council had determined that she was not a priority need, she was ...
Read more01.11.2020
LB v London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Lou Crisfield, partner in the housing team at Miles & Partners in London acted in the housing case of LB v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2020] EWCA Civ 439. Lou is a partner and an experienced caseworker, specialising in ...
Read more25.05.2020
Southwark council can no longer avoid HMO rules when housing families in shared accommodation
When Ms Titiloye, a Nigerian lady with two teenage children, became destitute her family was accommodated by the London Borough of Southwark in a single room in a four bedroom flat. The living room had been converted into a bedroom ...
Read more01.02.2019
Southwark council can no longer avoid HMO rules when housing families in shared accommodation
Destitute families placed in shared houses and flats by social services should see their living conditions improved following a judicial review in the High Court. The case described below will mainly affect families who, because of their immigration status, cannot ...
Read more10.01.2019
Caring for the carers
There is much in the media about the London housing crisis and the need for essential frontline nursing staff. So, one might expect landlords and local authorities to keep this in mind when housing a member of the caring professions. ...
Read more21.03.2018