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Housing Update

19 July 2007 / Annette Cafferkey
Issue: 7282 / Categories: Features , Property , Housing
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LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE >>
TOLERATED TRESSPASS >>
HOMELESSNESS >>

Legislation and Guidance

On 30 April 2007 it became unlawful to discriminate in the provision of housing, access to housing or by subjecting a person to eviction or other detriment on grounds of their religious or other belief or sexual orientation: Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1263) and Equality Act 2006 (Commencement No 2) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1092).
Demands for service charges and administration charges if made on or after 1 October 2007 will only be payable if accompanied by a summary of the tenant’s rights and obligations: s 21B (1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 which comes into effect on this date. The form and content of the summaries for each of these charges are set out in the Service Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations, and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations (SI 2007/1257) and the Administration Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1258). 

Tolerated Trespass

The concept of tolerated trespass and the decision in Harlow v Hall DC [2006]

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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