Sentences with phrase «possession claims brought»

It is also available in possession claims brought on grounds of rent arrears.

By its decision in McDonald, the Court of Appeal has provided a degree of certainty as to the position of human rights arguments as defences to residential possession claims brought in the private sphere.

Recent work: Successfully defended a possession claim brought by a local authority, who contested that the individual did not satisfy succession conditions.

Not exact matches

The Justices unanimously held that a court must give detailed consideration to a challenge to a landlord's claim for possession where it is brought by a disabled tenant under the Equality Act 2010, in Akerman - Livingstone v Aster Communities.

In claims brought under section 8, the Court has a discretion whether to award a possession order but also has the power to make an order requiring payment of any arrears outstanding, if appropriate, and also costs.

735 ILCS 5/13-213 (c): Alteration, modification or change No product liability action based on any theory or doctrine to recover for injury or damage claimed to have resulted from an alteration, modification, or change of the product unit after the date of first sale, lease, or delivery of possession of the product unit to its initial user, consumer, or other nonseller may be limited or barred by subsection (b) if the action is commenced within the applicable limitation period; and, in any event, within 10 years from the date the alteration, modification, or change was made, unless defendant expressly has warranted or promised the product for a longer period and the action is brought within that period.

Recent highlights include acting for two individuals in separate claims relating to adverse possession; handling a lease renewal claim for a car dealership; acting for a private tenant in an enfranchisement claim regarding a property in Central London; and representing a national commercial landlord in bringing a dilapidations claim against a former tenant.

By July 2013, the arrears were continuing to increase and so Peabody brought a claim for possession.

She is commonly instructed by local authorities to bring possession claims based on failed succession, antisocial behaviour, non-occupation, subletting and rent arrears.

In Allen v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 1478, [2008] All ER (D) 113 (Nov) the Court of Appeal considered whether the bringing of five separate possession claims, each raising the same bad point, could amount to harassment under PHA 1997.

Every year, more than 220,000 claims are brought for possession, mostly for rent and mortgage arrears.

It is clear that these have had a beneficial impact on the possession process, reducing the number of claims brought and leading to an improvement in the practices of many landlords and lenders.