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Increase in number of tenant hoarding cases
Increase likely to lead to a rise in landlords’ legal costs. According to inside Housing An increase in the number of ‘hoarders’ brought to…
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Queens Speech
The Queen’s Speech at the state opening of parliament, the 63rd during her reign, and her last for the coalition government. The key reforms…
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Council letter writing spree
A Basildon man has been handed a restraining order after a six-month letter writing campaign directed at his local authority. According to LG news:…
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ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014
After receiving Royal Assent on 13 March 2014 provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (the “Act”) are being brought into…
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Troubled Families unit – a success?
The Prime Minister on 1 May 2014 welcomed the news that the government’s Troubled Families programme has now turned around the lives of almost…
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Using mediation to resolve neighbour disputes
Here is a useful article in a legal magazine which grabbed my attention. Complaints panels, using advocacy and mediation skills might also find this…
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Coming Soon – a new single county court
From 22 April 2014 individual County Courts will no longer exist – all will be replaced by the Single County Court. According to Anthony…
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Data gathering powers not being used by LAs
Less than 1 in 100 requests to use data gathering powers last year were made by local authorities, a report by the Commissioner for…
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ASB – long battle against eviction
A council has won a long battle to evict a tenant for anti-social behaviour after the tenant lost a High Court appeal. According to…
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Troubled families initiative might miss target
Government departments could miss targets for ‘turning around’ 120,000 troubled families by 2015 unless efforts are accelerated, a panel of MPs has said. Report…
