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42 Bedford Row invites applications for two third six pupillages commencing in September/October 2017. A third-six pupil can expect to undertake work in all of Chambers’ core areas You must be able to demonstrate relevant experience, an understanding of the marketplace and have a clear strategy for growing and developing both your practice and your
27th Jun 2017
Jessica is a specialist family practitioner. Her particular expertise is in public law children cases involving chronic neglect, domestic abuse, substance misuse and non-accidental injury, representing parents, children’s guardians and other family members. Jessica acts for parents and grandparents in a wide range of family law and private law children applications, dealing with cases involving
19th Jun 2017
Mental Health Issues in Housing Litigation During April and May 2017, we ran a 2-part workshop in Chambers exploring the law and procedure on dealing with mental health issues in housing cases. This Bulletin is intended as a follow-up note for those of you who attended, and as a general practice note for those of
30th May 2017
Christi Scarborough discusses the recent Supreme Court case of Poshteh v. RBKC, addressing the overlap between the Part VII procedure and Article 6 ECHR as well as the discretion given to reviewing officers. Poshteh in the Supreme Court: (i) Part VII Housing Act 1996 entitlement and ‘civil rights’ and (ii) a restatement of the importance
16th May 2017
Nicholas succeeded in proving that a Bank Healthcare Assistant was an employee within the meaning of Section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 even though the Tribunal Judge found that: i) the Healthcare Assistant was under no obligation to accept any offer of work, and was not guaranteed a minimum amount of work; ii)
10th Apr 2017
Double-edged sword: Can you have two possession orders at once? In a recent case an interesting point arose around whether or not it was possible for a landlord under an AST to have two possession orders in respect of the same property at the same time. Facts The facts of the case were fairly typical.
13th Mar 2017
This year’s question concerned employment law and challenged students to think about how the law should be framed so as to ensure that persons with disabilities receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. Students and attendees were given the opportunity to question a panel consisting of Lord Justice Bean, Professor Alan Bogg of Oxford
23rd Feb 2017
Article 14 European Convention on Human Rights and treating private sector tenants differently from secure tenants for the purposes of a local authority’s Part VI housing allocation scheme R (on the application of Osman) v. LB of Harrow [2017] EWHC 274 (Admin) 42 Bedford Row’s Mathew McDermott successfully represented the Defendant in this challenge brought
22nd Feb 2017
Warrants for Possession II Cardiff City Council v Lee (Flowers) [2016] EWCA Civ 1034 Following the decision in Cardiff City v Lee (Flowers) the Civil Procedure Rules Committee has been considering Form N325 (Request for warrant of possession of land). Pending a final decision from the Committee, HMCTS has introduced two new forms which must
13th Feb 2017
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