Contracting with local authorities
Local authority – Provision of housing – Ultra vires – Section 17 of Housing Act 1985 – Predecessors of respondent council taking leases of properties from appellant for purpose of…
Housing; Local authority
Housing – Secure tenancy – Tenant condition – Judge refusing local authority application for repossession of property – Whether tenant occupying property as only or principal residence for purposes of…
Housing — Homelessness – Appeal — Temporary accommodation — Respondent local authority making final offer of accommodation to appellant homeless person – Appellant maintaining offer letter sent to wrong address — Reviewing…
Local authority, Housing
Local authority – Housing – Lease — Central government encouraging councils to lease accommodation from private landlords — Claimant private landlord purchasing properties and leasing to district councils to meet…
Local authority, Housing
The principal function of the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is to investigate complaints by members of the public who claim to have suffered injustice in consequence of maladministration by a…
Planning permission – Delegated powers – Defendants granting planning permission under delegated powers – Whether decision to grant planning permission procedurally unfair – Whether defendants’ officer entitled to determine application…
Local authority – Scheme of delegation
Property – Council tax — Valuation tribunal – Appellant owner denying liability for council tax on basis that property occupied by tenant – Tribunal allowing appeal in part – Whether…