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Nearly Legal
Nearly Legal is a publisher focused on legal issues primarily related to housing law and tenant rights in England and Wales. It features detailed analysis and commentary on legislative changes, court decisions, and practical challenges in housing law, including landlord and tenant disputes, possession grounds, and housing conditions. The content often includes guest posts by legal professionals and covers topics such as rent repayment orders, injunctions, and the enforcement of housing standards. Nearly Legal also discusses systemic issues affecting civil justice and provides insights into legal aid and advisory services related to housing. The publisher serves legal practitioners, advisers, and stakeholders interested in housing law and policy developments.
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Steps too far
I should start with an apology to Geeta Koska of One Pump Court, who sent me this judgment a year ago. The delay is entirely my fault.
Zikic v London Borough of Haringey. Central London County Court. 9 December 2024.…
Job Ad – Whitechapel/Clapham
TV Edwards LLP
Housing Solicitor (London)
We are recruiting for a housing solicitor to join our Social Welfare Department. The team undertakes a range of housing, community care, public law and Court of Protection welfare work. Our ability to provide…
Pre allocation costs in a housing conditions claim
Gemma Court v Beyond Housing Limited. Teesside Combined Court Centre. 12 February 2026. HHJ Robinson BEM. (Copy of Judgment. Our thanks to Andrew Hogan of Hailsham Chambers for circulating it.)
This was a County Court appeal of a…
Evicted while on holiday – County Court unlawful eviction claim.
Our grateful thanks to Radhika Shah of Harrow Law Centre for this note of a judgment in an unlawful eviction case, with a substantial damages award.
Zeinab Al Khafaji -v- Mr Dixit Shah – Claim no. K01W1476. 29 January 2026…
Job ads – Tower Hamlets, London/Sheffield
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Rent (and when it isn’t).
Phillips & Anor v Garraway (2026) EWCA Civ 55
This is a curious second appeal of a possession order. It was the tenant’s appeal, as the first appeal had upheld the possession order.
The background is that Mr & Mrs…
When your landlord’s landlord is your landlord (and a bit of procedural irregularity)
El-Mouka v (1) Ramsy Property Ltd (2) Home Connect Ltd. Romford County Court, 8th August 2025 (note of judgment here)
This was a County Court appeal against a possession order and a refusal to stay eviction on a…
From the County Courts – a couple of possession claim issues
A couple of case notes on County Court judgments, on validity of a s.21 notice, and on whether an introductory tenancy ceased to be so because of an administrative snafu in the filing of an appeal.
Regency Property Management (UK)…
Mixed use leases, dwellings and service charges.
Cloisters Business Centre Management Company Ltd v Anvari & Anor (2026) EWCA Civ 17
A Court of Appeal decision on the application of ‘dwelling’ in section 38 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, and so whether sections 18 to 27A, the…