Desmond Kilcoyne

Desmond Kilcoyne discusses the Building Safety Act 2022: Parts now in force since 28 June 2022

Desmond Kilcoyne, of 42BR, has written a synopsis on the Building Safety Act 2022: Parts now in force since 28 June 2022

Published: 5th Jul 2022

Webinar - Disrepair: Valuing a County Court Disrepair Claim

Barristers Robert Winspear & Desmond Kilcoyne will be providing some virtual training for our next Housing Webinar

Published: 3rd Feb 2022

Desmond Kilcoyne acted for the Appellant landlord successfully appealing the First Tier Tribunal’s decision that the landlord’s chosen method of repair fell below the required standard

Published: 3rd Nov 2020

Desmond Kilcoyne and Peter Jolley acted for the Respondent tenant resisting an appeal by the landlord against the trial judge’s decision that the landlord had granted him an inter-generational joint t

Published: 25th Mar 2020

‘Fitness for Human Habitation’ Day

Today, 20 March 2019, the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 comes into force; introducing new sections 9A, 9B and 9C into the 1985 Act.

Published: 20th Mar 2019

Ranked in Chambers & Partners 2019

Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.

Published: 8th Nov 2018

Desmond Kilcoyne instructed in Paul Alibert David -v- Audra Catherine Wamsteker

Desmond Kilcoyne has been acting on behalf of the Defendant, Audra Wamsteker, in a six-day trial brought against her by her father, Paul David. Judgment has been reserved. The dispute concerns the ownership of two domestic properties, the proceeds of sale of four American properties and her late mother’s jewellery collection. The legal issues include

Published: 17th Apr 2018

Seminar for Lawyers in Local Government Housing and Regeneration group: Housing and Planning Act 2016

On 29th June 2016, Desmond Kilcoyne and Matthew McDermott were invited by the London Housing and Regeneration group of Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) to conduct a half-day seminar (headed by Alexander McDowall, a lawyer in Legal Services at the London Borough of Camden) on the radical new housing law being introduced by the Housing

Published: 5th Jul 2016

Housing Bulletin No 11 – Section 21 Notices

In this issue of 42 Bedford Row's Housing Bulletin Desmond Kilcoyne discuses Section 21 Notices: new law in force.

Published: 10th Nov 2015

Damages for unlawful eviction by a local authority

On 21st October, 2014, Desmond Kilcoyne appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of the London Borough of Lambeth in a case where the Borough, in their capacity as a landlord, unlawfully evicted a secure tenant, Mr Loveridge. The judgment is awaited. The appeal concerns the approach which must be taken to the calculation of

Published: 30th Oct 2014

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